Quran 2:232 — Al-Baqara, verse 232
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you divorce women and they have reached their set time, do not prevent them from remarrying their husbands if they both agree to do so in a fair manner. Let those of you who believe in God and the Last Day take this to heart: that is more wholesome and purer for you. God knows and you do not.
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۗ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
wa-idhā ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa fabalaghna ajalahunna falā taʿḍulūhunna an yankiḥ'na azwājahunna idhā tarāḍaw baynahum bil-maʿrūfi dhālika yūʿaẓu bihi man kāna minkum yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri dhālikum azkā lakum wa-aṭharu wal-lahu yaʿlamu wa-antum lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When you divorce women, and they have reached their term, do not debar them from marrying their husbands, when they have agreed together honourably. That is an admonition for whoso of you believes in God and the Last Day; that is cleaner and purer for you; God knows, and you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- And when you divorce women, and they have come to the end of their waiting-term, hinder them not from marrying other men if they have agreed with each other in a fair manner. This is an admonition unto every one of you who believes in God and the Last Day; it is the most virtuous [way] for you, and the cleanest. And God knows, whereas you do not know.
- Sahih International
- And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they [i.e., all parties] agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allāh and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allāh knows and you know not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumu | you divorce | طلق |
| 3 | ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa | [the] women | نسو |
| 4 | فَبَلَغْنَfabalaghna | and they reached | بلغ |
| 5 | أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunna | their (waiting) term | أجل |
| 6 | فَلَاfalā | then (do) not | — |
| 7 | تَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunna | hinder them | عضل |
| 8 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 9 | يَنكِحْنَyankiḥ'na | (from) marrying | نكح |
| 10 | أَزْوَٰجَهُنَّazwājahunna | their husbands | زوج |
| 11 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 12 | تَرَٰضَوْا۟tarāḍaw | they agree | رضو |
| 13 | بَيْنَهُمbaynahum | between themselves | بين |
| 14 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗbil-maʿrūfi | in a fair manner | عرف |
| 15 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 16 | يُوعَظُyūʿaẓu | is admonished | وعظ |
| 17 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 18 | مَنman | whoever | — |
| 19 | كَانَkāna | [is] | كون |
| 20 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 21 | يُؤْمِنُyu'minu | believes | أمن |
| 22 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 23 | وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmi | and the Day | يوم |
| 24 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗl-ākhiri | [the] Last | أخر |
| 25 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that | — |
| 26 | أَزْكَىٰazkā | (is) more virtuous | زكو |
| 27 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 28 | وَأَطْهَرُ ۗwa-aṭharu | and more purer | طهر |
| 29 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 30 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 31 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | and you | — |
| 32 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 33 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |