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Al-Baqarah 2:229

ٱلطَّلَٰقُ مَرَّتَانِۖ فَإِمۡسَاكُۢ بِمَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ تَسۡرِيحُۢ بِإِحۡسَٰنٖۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَأۡخُذُواْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّآ أَن يَخَافَآ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِۖ فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِمَا فِيمَا ٱفۡتَدَتۡ بِهِۦۗ تِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَعۡتَدُوهَاۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Divorce may be retracted twice, then the husband must retain ˹his wife˺ with honour or separate ˹from her˺ with grace. It is not lawful for husbands to take back anything of the dowry given to their wives, unless the couple fears not being able to keep within the limits of Allah. So if you fear they will not be able to keep within the limits of Allah, there is no blame if the wife compensates the husband to obtain divorce. These are the limits set by Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah, they are the ˹true˺ wrongdoers.

Word by word

ٱلطَّلَٰقُ
al-ṭalāqu
The divorce
Vocabulary
Root: طلق
مَرَّتَانِۖ
marratāni
(is) twice
Vocabulary
Root: مرر
فَإِمۡسَاكُۢ
fa-im'sākun
Then to retain
Vocabulary
Root: مسك
بِمَعۡرُوفٍ
bimaʿrūfin
in a reasonable manner
Vocabulary
Root: عرف
أَوۡ
aw
or
Vocabulary
تَسۡرِيحُۢ
tasrīḥun
to release (her)
Vocabulary
Root: سرح
بِإِحۡسَٰنٖۗ
bi-iḥ'sānin
with kindness
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
وَلَا
walā
And (it is) not
Vocabulary
يَحِلُّ
yaḥillu
lawful
Vocabulary
Root: حلل
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
Vocabulary
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
تَأۡخُذُواْ
takhudhū
you take (back)
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
مِمَّآ
mimmā
whatever
Vocabulary
ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ
ātaytumūhunna
you have given them (wives)
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
شَيۡـًٔا
shayan
anything
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
إِلَّآ
illā
except
Vocabulary
أَن
an
if
Vocabulary
يَخَافَآ
yakhāfā
both fear
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
أَلَّا
allā
that not
Vocabulary
يُقِيمَا
yuqīmā
they both (can) keep
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
حُدُودَ
ḥudūda
(the) limits
Vocabulary
Root: حدد
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
But if
Vocabulary
خِفۡتُمۡ
khif'tum
you fear
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
أَلَّا
allā
that not
Vocabulary
يُقِيمَا
yuqīmā
they both (can) keep
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
حُدُودَ
ḥudūda
(the) limits
Vocabulary
Root: حدد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَلَا
falā
then (there is) no
Vocabulary
جُنَاحَ
junāḥa
sin
Vocabulary
Root: جنح
عَلَيۡهِمَا
ʿalayhimā
on both of them
Vocabulary
فِيمَا
fīmā
in what
Vocabulary
ٱفۡتَدَتۡ
if'tadat
she ransoms
Vocabulary
Root: فدي
بِهِۦۗ
bihi
concerning it
Vocabulary
تِلۡكَ
til'ka
These
Vocabulary
حُدُودُ
ḥudūdu
(are the) limits
Vocabulary
Root: حدد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَلَا
falā
so (do) not
Vocabulary
تَعۡتَدُوهَاۚ
taʿtadūhā
transgress them
Vocabulary
Root: عدو
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
Vocabulary
يَتَعَدَّ
yataʿadda
transgresses
Vocabulary
Root: عدو
حُدُودَ
ḥudūda
(the) limits
Vocabulary
Root: حدد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
Vocabulary
هُمُ
humu
they
Vocabulary
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
(are) the wrongdoers
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.