The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:237
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
If you divorce your wives before the consummation of the marriage and the amount of dowry has been fixed, pay your wives half of the amount of their dowry unless she or her guardians drop their demand for payment. To drop such a demand is closer to piety. Be generous to each other. God is Well-Aware of what you do.
