Quran 2:226 — Al-Baqara, verse 226
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
For those who swear that they will not approach their wives, there shall be a waiting period of four months:if they go back, remember God will be most forgiving and merciful,
لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ تَرَبُّصُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ ۖ فَإِنْ فَاءُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
lilladhīna yu'lūna min nisāihim tarabbuṣu arbaʿati ashhurin fa-in fāū fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- For those who forswear their women a wait of four months; if they revert, God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate;
- Muhammad Asad
- Those who take an oath that they will not approach their wives shall have four months of grace; and if they go back [on their oath] -behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | For those who | — |
| 2 | يُؤْلُونَyu'lūna | swear (off) | ألو |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | نِّسَآئِهِمْnisāihim | their wives | نسو |
| 5 | تَرَبُّصُtarabbuṣu | (is a) waiting (of) | ربص |
| 6 | أَرْبَعَةِarbaʿati | four | ربع |
| 7 | أَشْهُرٍۢ ۖashhurin | months | شهر |
| 8 | فَإِنfa-in | then if | — |
| 9 | فَآءُوfāū | they return | فيأ |
| 10 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 13 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |