Quran 33:49 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, you have no right to expect a waiting period when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them: make provision for them and release them in an honourable way.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā nakaḥtumu l-mu'mināti thumma ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli an tamassūhunna famā lakum ʿalayhinna min ʿiddatin taʿtaddūnahā famattiʿūhunna wasarriḥūhunna sarāḥan jamīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you touch them, you have no period to reckon against them; so make provision for them, and set them free with kindliness.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! If you marry believing women and then divorce them ere you have touched them, you have no reason to expect, and to calculate, any waiting period on their part: hence, make [at once] provision for them, and release them in a becoming manner.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them [i.e., consummated the marriage], then there is not for you any waiting period to count concerning them. So provide for them and give them a gracious release.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 5 | نَكَحْتُمُnakaḥtumu | you marry | نكح |
| 6 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'mināti | believing women | أمن |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | and then | — |
| 8 | طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّṭallaqtumūhunna | divorce them | طلق |
| 9 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 10 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 11 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 12 | تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunna | you have touched them | مسس |
| 13 | فَمَاfamā | then not | — |
| 14 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 15 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | on them | — |
| 16 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 17 | عِدَّةٍۢʿiddatin | waiting period | عدد |
| 18 | تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖtaʿtaddūnahā | (to) count concerning them | عدد |
| 19 | فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّfamattiʿūhunna | So provide for them | متع |
| 20 | وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّwasarriḥūhunna | and release them | سرح |
| 21 | سَرَاحًۭاsarāḥan | (with) a release | سرح |
| 22 | جَمِيلًۭاjamīlan | good | جمل |