Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 232
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وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۗ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذَا
- And when
- طَلَّقْتُمُ
- you divorce
- ٱلنِّسَآءَ
- [the] women
- فَبَلَغْنَ
- and they reached
- أَجَلَهُنَّ
- their (waiting) term,
- فَلَا
- then (do) not
- تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ
- hinder them
- أَن
- [that]
- يَنكِحْنَ
- (from) marrying
- أَزْوَٰجَهُنَّ
- their husbands
- إِذَا
- when
- تَرَٰضَوْا۟
- they agree
- بَيْنَهُم
- between themselves
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
- in a fair manner.
- ذَٰلِكَ
- That
- يُوعَظُ
- is admonished
- بِهِۦ
- with it
- مَن
- whoever
- كَانَ
- [is]
- مِنكُمْ
- among you
- يُؤْمِنُ
- believes
- بِٱللَّهِ
- in Allah
- وَٱلْيَوْمِ
- and the Day
- ٱلْءَاخِرِ
- [the] Last;
- ذَٰلِكُمْ
- that
- أَزْكَىٰ
- (is) more virtuous
- لَكُمْ
- for you
- وَأَطْهَرُ
- and more purer.
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- يَعْلَمُ
- knows
- وَأَنتُمْ
- and you
- لَا
- (do) not
- تَعْلَمُونَ
- know.
And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their (former) husbands if they agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allah knows and you know not.
2:232
Translation: Saheeh International