Quran 65:1 — At-Talaaq, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Prophet, when any of you intend to divorce women, do so at a time when their prescribed waiting period can properly start, and calculate the period carefully: be mindful of God, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their homes––nor should they themselves leave––unless they commit a flagrant indecency. These are the limits set by God–– whoever oversteps God’s limits wrongs his own soul––for you cannot know what new situation God may perhaps bring about.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ ۖ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ ۚ لَا تَدْرِي لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرًا
yāayyuhā l-nabiyu idhā ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa faṭalliqūhunna liʿiddatihinna wa-aḥṣū l-ʿidata wa-ittaqū l-laha rabbakum lā tukh'rijūhunna min buyūtihinna walā yakhruj'na illā an yatīna bifāḥishatin mubayyinatin watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi waman yataʿadda ḥudūda l-lahi faqad ẓalama nafsahu lā tadrī laʿalla l-laha yuḥ'dithu baʿda dhālika amran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them when they have reached their period. Count the period, and fear God your Lord. Do not expel them from their houses, nor let them go forth, except when they commit a flagrant indecency. Those are God's bounds; whosoever trespasses the bounds of God has done wrong to himself. Thou knowest not, perchance after that God will bring something new to pass.
- Muhammad Asad
- O PROPHET! When you [intend to divorce women, divorce them with a view to the waiting period appointed for them, and reckon the period [carefully], and be conscious of God, your Sustainer. Do not expel them from their homes; and neither shall they [be made to] leave unless they become openly guilty of immoral conduct. These, then, are the bounds set by God - and he who transgresses the bounds set by God does indeed sin against himself: [for, O man, although] thou knowest it not, after that [first breach] God may well cause something new to come about.
- Sahih International
- O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allāh, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allāh will bring about after that a [different] matter.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu | Prophet | نبأ |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 4 | طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumu | you divorce | طلق |
| 5 | ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa | [the] women | نسو |
| 6 | فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّfaṭalliqūhunna | then divorce them | طلق |
| 7 | لِعِدَّتِهِنَّliʿiddatihinna | for their waiting period | عدد |
| 8 | وَأَحْصُوا۟wa-aḥṣū | and keep count | حصي |
| 9 | ٱلْعِدَّةَ ۖl-ʿidata | (of) the waiting period | عدد |
| 10 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | and fear | وقي |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | رَبَّكُمْ ۖrabbakum | your Lord | ربب |
| 13 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 14 | تُخْرِجُوهُنَّtukh'rijūhunna | expel them | خرج |
| 15 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 16 | بُيُوتِهِنَّbuyūtihinna | their houses | بيت |
| 17 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 18 | يَخْرُجْنَyakhruj'na | they should leave | خرج |
| 19 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 20 | أَنan | that | — |
| 21 | يَأْتِينَyatīna | they commit | أتي |
| 22 | بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢbifāḥishatin | an immorality | فحش |
| 23 | مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚmubayyinatin | clear | بين |
| 24 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | And these | — |
| 25 | حُدُودُḥudūdu | (are the) limits | حدد |
| 26 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 27 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 28 | يَتَعَدَّyataʿadda | transgresses | عدو |
| 29 | حُدُودَḥudūda | (the) limits | حدد |
| 30 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 31 | فَقَدْfaqad | then certainly | — |
| 32 | ظَلَمَẓalama | he has wronged | ظلم |
| 33 | نَفْسَهُۥ ۚnafsahu | himself | نفس |
| 34 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 35 | تَدْرِىtadrī | you know | دري |
| 36 | لَعَلَّlaʿalla | Perhaps | — |
| 37 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 38 | يُحْدِثُyuḥ'dithu | will bring about | حدث |
| 39 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 40 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 41 | أَمْرًۭاamran | a matter | أمر |