The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #38
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وَإِن
طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
تَمَسُّوهُنَّ
وَقَدْ
فَرَضْتُمْ
لَهُنَّ
فَرِيضَةً
فَنِصْفُ
مَا
فَرَضْتُمْ
إِلَّا
أَن
يَعْفُونَ
أَوْ
يَعْفُوَ
الَّذِي
بِيَدِهِ
عُقْدَةُ
النِّكَاحِ
وَأَن
تَعْفُوا
أَقْرَبُ
لِلتَّقْوَى
وَلَا
تَنسَوُا
الْفَضْلَ
بَيْنَكُمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
بَصِيرٌ
wa-ʾin ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli ʾan tamassūhunna wa-qad faraḍtum lahunna farīḍatan fa-niṣfu mā faraḍtum ʾillā ʾan yaʿfūna ʾaw yaʿfuwa lladhī bi-yadihī ʿuqdatu n-nikāḥi wa-ʾan taʿfū ʾaqrabu li-t-taqwā wa-lā tansawu l-faḍla baynakum ʾinna llāha bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
And if ye divorce them before consummation, but after the fixation of a dower for them, then the half of the dower (Is due to them), unless they remit it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is the marriage tie; and the remission (of the man's half) is the nearest to righteousness. And do not forget Liberality between yourselves. For Allah sees well all that ye do.
— Abdullah Yusufali
And if you divorce them before you touch them, and you have already settled a dowry for them, then [pay them] half of what you have settled, unless they forgo it, or someone in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it. And to forgo is nearer to Godwariness; so do not forget graciousness among yourselves. Indeed Allah watches what you do.
