Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 229

  1. الطَّلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِ ۖ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ ۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنْ يَخَافَا أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا افْتَدَتْ بِهِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

    Translation by words

    ٱلطَّلَٰقُ
    The divorce
    مَرَّتَانِ
    (is) twice.
    فَإِمْسَاكٌۢ
    Then to retain
    بِمَعْرُوفٍ
    in a reasonable manner
    أَوْ
    or
    تَسْرِيحٌۢ
    to release (her)
    بِإِحْسَٰنٍ
    with kindness.
    وَلَا
    And (it is) not
    يَحِلُّ
    lawful
    لَكُمْ
    for you
    أَن
    that
    تَأْخُذُوا۟
    you take (back)
    مِمَّآ
    whatever
    ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ
    you have given them
    شَيْـًٔا
    anything,
    إِلَّآ
    except
    أَن
    if
    يَخَافَآ
    both fear
    أَلَّا
    that not
    يُقِيمَا
    they both (can) keep
    حُدُودَ
    (the) limits
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah.
    فَإِنْ
    But if
    خِفْتُمْ
    you fear
    أَلَّا
    that not
    يُقِيمَا
    they both (can) keep
    حُدُودَ
    (the) limits
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah
    فَلَا
    then (there is) no
    جُنَاحَ
    sin
    عَلَيْهِمَا
    on both of them
    فِيمَا
    in what
    ٱفْتَدَتْ
    she ransoms
    بِهِۦ
    concerning it.
    تِلْكَ
    These
    حُدُودُ
    (are the) limits
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah,
    فَلَا
    so (do) not
    تَعْتَدُوهَا
    transgress them.
    وَمَن
    And whoever
    يَتَعَدَّ
    transgresses
    حُدُودَ
    (the) limits
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah
    فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
    then those -
    هُمُ
    they
    ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
    (are) the wrongdoers.

    Divorce is twice. Then, either keep (her) in an acceptable manner or release (her) with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep (within) the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep (within) the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.

    2:229

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)