Sura 58 Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman), ayah 3
-
وَالَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُوا فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَتَمَاسَّا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ تُوعَظُونَ بِهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
Translation by words
- وَٱلَّذِينَ
- And those who
- يُظَٰهِرُونَ
- pronounce zihar
- مِن
- [from]
- نِّسَآئِهِمْ
- (to) their wives
- ثُمَّ
- then
- يَعُودُونَ
- go back
- لِمَا
- on what
- قَالُوا۟
- they said,
- فَتَحْرِيرُ
- then freeing
- رَقَبَةٍ
- (of) a slave
- مِّن
- before
- قَبْلِ
- before
- أَن
- [that]
- يَتَمَآسَّا
- they touch each other.
- ذَٰلِكُمْ
- That
- تُوعَظُونَ
- you are admonished
- بِهِۦ
- to it.
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- بِمَا
- of what
- تَعْمَلُونَ
- you do
- خَبِيرٌ
- (is) All-Aware.
And those who pronounce thihar from their wives and then (wish to) go back on what they said - then (there must be) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. That is what you are admonished thereby; and Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
58:3
Translation: Saheeh International