Quran 65:6 — At-Talaaq, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
House the wives you are divorcing according to your means, wherever you house yourselves, and do not harass them so as to make their lives difficult. If they are pregnant, maintain them until they are delivered of their burdens; if they suckle your infants, pay them for it. Consult together in a good way- if you make difficulties for one another, another woman may suckle the child for the father––
أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنْتُمْ مِنْ وُجْدِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَارُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ وَإِنْ كُنَّ أُولَاتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنْفِقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖ وَأْتَمِرُوا بَيْنَكُمْ بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۖ وَإِنْ تَعَاسَرْتُمْ فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُ أُخْرَىٰ
askinūhunna min ḥaythu sakantum min wuj'dikum walā tuḍārrūhunna lituḍayyiqū ʿalayhinna wa-in kunna ulāti ḥamlin fa-anfiqū ʿalayhinna ḥattā yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunna fa-in arḍaʿna lakum faātūhunna ujūrahunna watamirū baynakum bimaʿrūfin wa-in taʿāsartum fasatur'ḍiʿu lahu ukh'rā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Lodge them where you are lodging, according to your means, and do not press them, so as to straiten their circumstances. If they are with child, expend upon them until they bring forth their burden. If they suckle for you, give them their wages, and consult together honourably. If you both make difficulties, another woman shall suckle for him.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Hence,] let the women [who are undergoing a waiting-period] live in the same manner as you live yourselves, In accordance with your means; and do not harass them with a view to making their lives a misery. And if they happen to be with child, spend freely on them until they deliver their burden; and if they nurse your offspring [after the divorce has become final], give them their [due] recompense; and take counsel with one another in a fair manner [about the child's future]. And if both of you find it difficult [that the mother should nurse the child], let another woman nurse it on behalf of him [who has begotten it].
- Sahih International
- Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for him [i.e., the father] another woman.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَسْكِنُوهُنَّaskinūhunna | Lodge them | سكن |
| 2 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 3 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 4 | سَكَنتُمsakantum | you dwell | سكن |
| 5 | مِّنmin | (out) of | — |
| 6 | وُجْدِكُمْwuj'dikum | your means | وجد |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 8 | تُضَآرُّوهُنَّtuḍārrūhunna | harm them | ضرر |
| 9 | لِتُضَيِّقُوا۟lituḍayyiqū | to distress | ضيق |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚʿalayhinna | [on] them | — |
| 11 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 12 | كُنَّkunna | they are | كون |
| 13 | أُو۟لَـٰتِulāti | those (who are) | أول |
| 14 | حَمْلٍۢḥamlin | pregnant | حمل |
| 15 | فَأَنفِقُوا۟fa-anfiqū | then spend | نفق |
| 16 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | on them | — |
| 17 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 18 | يَضَعْنَyaḍaʿna | they deliver | وضع |
| 19 | حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚḥamlahunna | their burden | حمل |
| 20 | فَإِنْfa-in | Then if | — |
| 21 | أَرْضَعْنَarḍaʿna | they suckle | رضع |
| 22 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 23 | فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّfaātūhunna | then give them | أتي |
| 24 | أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖujūrahunna | their payment | أجر |
| 25 | وَأْتَمِرُوا۟watamirū | and consult | أمر |
| 26 | بَيْنَكُمbaynakum | among yourselves | بين |
| 27 | بِمَعْرُوفٍۢ ۖbimaʿrūfin | with kindness | عرف |
| 28 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 29 | تَعَاسَرْتُمْtaʿāsartum | you disagree | عسر |
| 30 | فَسَتُرْضِعُfasatur'ḍiʿu | then may suckle | رضع |
| 31 | لَهُۥٓlahu | for him | — |
| 32 | أُخْرَىٰukh'rā | another (women) | أخر |