Quran 2:234 — Al-Baqara, verse 234
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If any of you die and leave widows, the widows should wait for four months and ten nights before remarrying. When they have completed this set time, you will not be blamed for anything they may reasonably choose to do with themselves. God is fully aware of what you do.
وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ۖ فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
wa-alladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna azwājan yatarabbaṣna bi-anfusihinna arbaʿata ashhurin waʿashran fa-idhā balaghna ajalahunna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā faʿalna fī anfusihinna bil-maʿrūfi wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those of you who die, leaving wives, they shall wait by themselves for four months and ten nights; when they have reached their term then it is no fault in you what they may do with themselves honourably. God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if any of you die and leave wives behind, they shall undergo, without remarrying, a waiting-period of four months and ten days; whereupon, when they have reached the end of their waiting-term, there shall be no sin in whatever they may do with their persons in a lawful manner. And God is aware of all that you do.
- Sahih International
- And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | يُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawna | pass away | وفي |
| 3 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 4 | وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūna | and leave behind | وذر |
| 5 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | wives | زوج |
| 6 | يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣna | (the widows) should wait | ربص |
| 7 | بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinna | for themselves | نفس |
| 8 | أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata | (for) four | ربع |
| 9 | أَشْهُرٍۢashhurin | months | شهر |
| 10 | وَعَشْرًۭا ۖwaʿashran | and ten (days) | عشر |
| 11 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | Then when | — |
| 12 | بَلَغْنَbalaghna | they reach | بلغ |
| 13 | أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunna | their (specified) term | أجل |
| 14 | فَلَاfalā | then (there is) no | — |
| 15 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | blame | جنح |
| 16 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 17 | فِيمَاfīmā | for what | — |
| 18 | فَعَلْنَfaʿalna | they do | فعل |
| 19 | فِىٓfī | concerning | — |
| 20 | أَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinna | themselves | نفس |
| 21 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗbil-maʿrūfi | in a fair manner | عرف |
| 22 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 23 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 24 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 25 | خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun | (is) All-Aware | خبر |