Quran 2:236 — Al-Baqara, verse 236
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You will not be blamed if you divorce women when you have not yet consummated the marriage or fixed a bride-gift for them, but make fair provision for them, the rich according to his means and the poor according to his- this is a duty for those who do good.
لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى الْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُ وَعَلَى الْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُ مَتَاعًا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمُحْسِنِينَ
lā junāḥa ʿalaykum in ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa mā lam tamassūhunna aw tafriḍū lahunna farīḍatan wamattiʿūhunna ʿalā l-mūsiʿi qadaruhu waʿalā l-muq'tiri qadaruhu matāʿan bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is no fault in you, if you divorce women while as yet you have not touched them nor appointed any marriage-portion for them; yet make provision for them, the affluent man according to his means, and according to his means the needy man, honourably -- an obligation on the good-doers.
- Muhammad Asad
- You will incur no sin if you divorce women while you have not yet touched them nor settled a dower upon them; but [even in such a case] make provision for them - the affluent according to his means, and the straitened according to his means - a provision in an equitable manner: this is a duty upon all who would do good.
- Sahih International
- There is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | (There is) no | — |
| 2 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | blame | جنح |
| 3 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 4 | إِنin | if | — |
| 5 | طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumu | you divorce | طلق |
| 6 | ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa | [the] women | نسو |
| 7 | مَاmā | whom | — |
| 8 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 9 | تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunna | you have touched | مسس |
| 10 | أَوْaw | nor | — |
| 11 | تَفْرِضُوا۟tafriḍū | you specified | فرض |
| 12 | لَهُنَّlahunna | for them | — |
| 13 | فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚfarīḍatan | an obligation (dower) | فرض |
| 14 | وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّwamattiʿūhunna | And make provision for them | متع |
| 15 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 16 | ٱلْمُوسِعِl-mūsiʿi | the wealthy | وسع |
| 17 | قَدَرُهُۥqadaruhu | according to his means | قدر |
| 18 | وَعَلَىwaʿalā | and upon | — |
| 19 | ٱلْمُقْتِرِl-muq'tiri | the poor | قتر |
| 20 | قَدَرُهُۥqadaruhu | according to his means | قدر |
| 21 | مَتَـٰعًۢاmatāʿan | a provision | متع |
| 22 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖbil-maʿrūfi | in a fair manner | عرف |
| 23 | حَقًّاḥaqqan | a duty | حقق |
| 24 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 25 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | the good-doers | حسن |