The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #36
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الطَّلَاقُ
مَرَّتَانِ
فَإِمْسَاكٌ
بِمَعْرُوفٍ
أَوْ
تَسْرِيحٌ
بِإِحْسَانٍ
وَلَا
يَحِلُّ
لَكُمْ
أَن
تَأْخُذُوا
مِمَّا
آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ
شَيْئًا
إِلَّا
أَن
يَخَافَا
أَلَّا
يُقِيمَا
حُدُودَ
اللَّهِ
فَإِنْ
خِفْتُمْ
أَلَّا
يُقِيمَا
حُدُودَ
اللَّهِ
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيْهِمَا
فِيمَا
افْتَدَتْ
بِهِ
تِلْكَ
حُدُودُ
اللَّهِ
فَلَا
تَعْتَدُوهَا
وَمَن
يَتَعَدَّ
حُدُودَ
اللَّهِ
فَأُولَئِكَ
هُمُ
الظَّالِمُونَ
aṭ-ṭalāqu marratāni fa-ʾimsākun bi-maʿrūfin ʾaw tasrīḥun bi-ʾiḥsānin wa-lā yaḥillu lakum ʾan taʾkhudhū mimmā ʾātaytumūhunna shayʾan ʾillā ʾan yakhāfā ʾallā yuqīmā ḥudūda llāhi fa-ʾin khiftum ʾallā yuqīmā ḥudūda llāhi fa-lā junāḥa ʿalayhimā fī-mā ftadat bihī tilka ḥudūdu llāhi fa-lā taʿtadūhā wa-man yataʿadda ḥudūda llāhi fa-ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna
A divorce is only permissible twice: after that, the parties should either hold Together on equitable terms, or separate with kindness. It is not lawful for you, (Men), to take back any of your gifts (from your wives), except when both parties fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah. If ye (judges) do indeed fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah, there is no blame on either of them if she give something for her freedom. These are the limits ordained by Allah; so do not transgress them if any do transgress the limits ordained by Allah, such persons wrong (Themselves as well as others).
— Abdullah Yusufali
[Revocable] divorce may be only twice; then [let there be] either an honourable retention, or a kindly release. It is not lawful for you to take back anything from what you have given them, unless the couple fear that they may not maintain Allah’s bounds; so if you fear they would not maintain Allah’s bounds, there is no sin upon them in what she may give to secure her own release. These are Allah’s bounds, so do not transgress them, and whoever transgresses the bounds of Allah—it is they who are the wrongdoers.
