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Al-Baqarah 230

Ayah 230 of 286 · Medinan

فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوۡجًا غَيۡرَهُۥۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَتِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٣٠

And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him.1 And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 With the intention of permanence, not merely in order to return to the previous husband.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِنThen iffa-in
  2. طَلَّقَهَاhe divorces herṭallaqahā
  3. فَلَاthen (she is) notfalā
  4. تَحِلُّlawfultaḥillu
  5. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  6. مِنۢfrommin
  7. بَعۡدُafter (that)baʿdu
  8. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  9. تَنكِحَshe marriestankiḥa
  10. زَوۡجًاa spousezawjan
  11. غَيۡرَهُۥۗother than himghayrahu
  12. فَإِنThen iffa-in
  13. طَلَّقَهَاhe divorces herṭallaqahā
  14. فَلَاthen nofalā
  15. جُنَاحَsinjunāḥa
  16. عَلَيۡهِمَآon themʿalayhimā
  17. أَنifan
  18. يَتَرَاجَعَآthey return to each otheryatarājaʿā
  19. إِنifin
  20. ظَنَّآthey believeẓannā
  21. أَنthatan
  22. يُقِيمَاthey (will be able to) keepyuqīmā
  23. حُدُودَ(the) limitsḥudūda
  24. ٱللَّهِۗ(of) Allahl-lahi
  25. وَتِلۡكَAnd thesewatil'ka
  26. حُدُودُ(are the) limitsḥudūdu
  27. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  28. يُبَيِّنُهَاHe makes them clearyubayyinuhā
  29. لِقَوۡمٖto a peopleliqawmin
  30. يَعۡلَمُونَwho knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

If the husband divorces her for the third time, he may not remarry her until she gets married to another man in a valid marriage that is genuine and not merely contracted to make her lawful for the original husband, and where sexual intercourse has taken place in this later marriage. Should the second husband divorce her or pass away, the woman and her first husband may return to one another with a new marriage contract and dowry, if they feel that they will fulfil the rights of each other set-out in the sacred law. These rules are made clear by Allah for people who know His laws and limits, as they are the ones who benefit from them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran