Quran 2:228 — Al-Baqara, verse 228
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Divorced women must wait for three monthly periods before remarrying, and, if they really believe in God and the Last Day, it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs: their husbands would do better to take them back during this period, provided they wish to put things right. Wives have [rights] similar to their [obligations], according to what is recognized to be fair, and husbands have a degree [of right] over them: [both should remember that] God is almighty and wise.
وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُوءٍ ۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَنْ يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ فِي أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِنْ كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوا إِصْلَاحًا ۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
wal-muṭalaqātu yatarabbaṣna bi-anfusihinna thalāthata qurūin walā yaḥillu lahunna an yaktum'na mā khalaqa l-lahu fī arḥāmihinna in kunna yu'minna bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wabuʿūlatuhunna aḥaqqu biraddihinna fī dhālika in arādū iṣ'lāḥan walahunna mith'lu alladhī ʿalayhinna bil-maʿrūfi walilrrijāli ʿalayhinna darajatun wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Divorced women shall wait by themselves for three periods; and it is not lawful for them to hide what God has created in their wombs; if they believe in God and the Last Day. In such time their mates have better right to restore them, if they desire to set things right. Women have such honourable rights as obligations, but their men have a degree above them; God is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- And the divorced women shall undergo, without remarrying, a waiting-period of three monthly courses: for it is not lawful for them to conceal what God may have created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. And during this period their husbands are fully entitled to take them back, if they desire reconciliation; but, in accordance with justice, the rights of the wives [with regard to their husbands] are equal to the [husbands'] rights with regard to them, although men have precedence over them [in this respect]. And God is almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُwal-muṭalaqātu | And the women who are divorced | طلق |
| 2 | يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣna | shall wait | ربص |
| 3 | بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinna | concerning themselves | نفس |
| 4 | ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata | (for) three | ثلث |
| 5 | قُرُوٓءٍۢ ۚqurūin | monthly periods | قرأ |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | And (it is) not | — |
| 7 | يَحِلُّyaḥillu | lawful | حلل |
| 8 | لَهُنَّlahunna | for them | — |
| 9 | أَنan | that | — |
| 10 | يَكْتُمْنَyaktum'na | they conceal | كتم |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | (has been) created | خلق |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 14 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 15 | أَرْحَامِهِنَّarḥāmihinna | their wombs | رحم |
| 16 | إِنin | if | — |
| 17 | كُنَّkunna | they | كون |
| 18 | يُؤْمِنَّyu'minna | believe | أمن |
| 19 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmi | and the Day | يوم |
| 21 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚl-ākhiri | [the] Last | أخر |
| 22 | وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّwabuʿūlatuhunna | And their husbands | بعل |
| 23 | أَحَقُّaḥaqqu | (have) better right | حقق |
| 24 | بِرَدِّهِنَّbiraddihinna | to take them back | ردد |
| 25 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 26 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that (period) | — |
| 27 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 28 | أَرَادُوٓا۟arādū | they wish | رود |
| 29 | إِصْلَـٰحًۭا ۚiṣ'lāḥan | (for) reconciliation | صلح |
| 30 | وَلَهُنَّwalahunna | And for them | — |
| 31 | مِثْلُmith'lu | (is the) like | مثل |
| 32 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (of) that which | — |
| 33 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | (is) on them | — |
| 34 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚbil-maʿrūfi | in a reasonable manner | عرف |
| 35 | وَلِلرِّجَالِwalilrrijāli | and for the men | رجل |
| 36 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | over them | — |
| 37 | دَرَجَةٌۭ ۗdarajatun | (is) a degree | درج |
| 38 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 39 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 40 | حَكِيمٌḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |