Quran 2:230 — Al-Baqara, verse 230
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If a husband re-divorces his wife after the second divorce, she will not be lawful for him until she has taken another husband; if that one divorces her, there will be no blame if she and the first husband return to one another, provided they feel that they can keep within the bounds set by God. These are God’s bounds, which He makes clear for those who know.
فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ ۗ فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَا إِنْ ظَنَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
fa-in ṭallaqahā falā taḥillu lahu min baʿdu ḥattā tankiḥa zawjan ghayrahu fa-in ṭallaqahā falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā an yatarājaʿā in ẓannā an yuqīmā ḥudūda l-lahi watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi yubayyinuhā liqawmin yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If he divorces her finally, she shall not be lawful to him after that, until she marries another husband. If he divorces her, then it is no fault in them to return to each other, if they suppose that they will maintain God's bounds. Those are God's bounds; He makes them clear unto a people that have knowledge.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if he divorces her [finally], she shall thereafter not be lawful unto him unless she first takes another man for husband; then, if the latter divorces her, there shall be no sin upon either of the two if they return to one another-provided that both of them think that they will be able to keep within the bounds set by God: for these are the bounds of God which He makes clear unto people of [innate] knowledge.
- Sahih International
- And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 2 | طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahā | he divorces her | طلق |
| 3 | فَلَاfalā | then (she is) not | — |
| 4 | تَحِلُّtaḥillu | lawful | حلل |
| 5 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 7 | بَعْدُbaʿdu | after (that) | بعد |
| 8 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 9 | تَنكِحَtankiḥa | she marries | نكح |
| 10 | زَوْجًاzawjan | a spouse | زوج |
| 11 | غَيْرَهُۥ ۗghayrahu | other than him | غير |
| 12 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 13 | طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahā | he divorces her | طلق |
| 14 | فَلَاfalā | then no | — |
| 15 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | sin | جنح |
| 16 | عَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimā | on them | — |
| 17 | أَنan | if | — |
| 18 | يَتَرَاجَعَآyatarājaʿā | they return to each other | رجع |
| 19 | إِنin | if | — |
| 20 | ظَنَّآẓannā | they believe | ظنن |
| 21 | أَنan | that | — |
| 22 | يُقِيمَاyuqīmā | they (will be able to) keep | قوم |
| 23 | حُدُودَḥudūda | (the) limits | حدد |
| 24 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 25 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | And these | — |
| 26 | حُدُودُḥudūdu | (are the) limits | حدد |
| 27 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 28 | يُبَيِّنُهَاyubayyinuhā | He makes them clear | بين |
| 29 | لِقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | to a people | قوم |
| 30 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | who know | علم |