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Al-Baqarah 2:237

وَإِن طَلَّقۡتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدۡ فَرَضۡتُمۡ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةٗ فَنِصۡفُ مَا فَرَضۡتُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يَعۡفُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡفُوَاْ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِۦ عُقۡدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِۚ وَأَن تَعۡفُوٓاْ أَقۡرَبُ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُاْ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بَيۡنَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

And if you divorce them before consummating the marriage but after deciding on a dowry, pay half of the dowry, unless the wife graciously waives it or the husband graciously pays in full. Graciousness is closer to righteousness. And do not forget kindness among yourselves. Surely Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

Word by word

وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
طَلَّقۡتُمُوهُنَّ
ṭallaqtumūhunna
you divorce them
Vocabulary
Root: طلق
مِن
min
from
Vocabulary
قَبۡلِ
qabli
before
Vocabulary
Root: قبل
أَن
an
[that]
Vocabulary
تَمَسُّوهُنَّ
tamassūhunna
you (have) touched them
Vocabulary
Root: مسس
وَقَدۡ
waqad
while already
Vocabulary
فَرَضۡتُمۡ
faraḍtum
you have specified
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
لَهُنَّ
lahunna
for them
Vocabulary
فَرِيضَةٗ
farīḍatan
an obligation (dower)
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
فَنِصۡفُ
faniṣ'fu
then (give) half
Vocabulary
Root: نصف
مَا
mā
(of) what
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فَرَضۡتُمۡ
faraḍtum
you have specified
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
إِلَّآ
illā
unless
Vocabulary
أَن
an
[that]
Vocabulary
يَعۡفُونَ
yaʿfūna
they (women) forgo (it)
Vocabulary
Root: عفو
أَوۡ
aw
or
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يَعۡفُوَاْ
yaʿfuwā
forgoes
Vocabulary
Root: عفو
ٱلَّذِي
alladhī
the one
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بِيَدِهِۦ
biyadihi
in whose hands
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عُقۡدَةُ
ʿuq'datu
(is the) knot
Vocabulary
Root: عقد
ٱلنِّكَاحِۚ
l-nikāḥi
(of) the marriage
Vocabulary
Root: نكح
وَأَن
wa-an
And that
Vocabulary
تَعۡفُوٓاْ
taʿfū
you forgo
Vocabulary
Root: عفو
أَقۡرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) nearer
Vocabulary
Root: قرب
لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۚ
lilttaqwā
to [the] righteousness
Vocabulary
Root: وقي
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
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تَنسَوُاْ
tansawū
forget
Vocabulary
Root: نسي
ٱلۡفَضۡلَ
l-faḍla
the graciousness
Vocabulary
Root: فضل
بَيۡنَكُمۡۚ
baynakum
among you
Vocabulary
Root: بين
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِمَا
bimā
of what
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تَعۡمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Vocabulary
Root: عمل
بَصِيرٌ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
Vocabulary
Root: بصر

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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.