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At-Talaq 4

Ayah 4 of 12 · Medinan

وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔي يَئِسۡنَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمۡ إِنِ ٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَٰثَةُ أَشۡهُرٖ وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔي لَمۡ يَحِضۡنَۚ وَأُوْلَٰتُ ٱلۡأَحۡمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعۡنَ حَمۡلَهُنَّۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ يُسۡرٗا ٤

And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated. And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth.1 And whoever fears Allāh - He will make for him of his matter ease.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The ruling concerning pregnancy applies also in the case of the husband's death.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔيAnd those whowa-allāī
  2. يَئِسۡنَhave despairedya-is'na
  3. مِنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡمَحِيضِthe menstruationl-maḥīḍi
  5. مِنamongmin
  6. نِّسَآئِكُمۡyour womennisāikum
  7. إِنِifini
  8. ٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡyou doubtir'tabtum
  9. فَعِدَّتُهُنَّthen their waiting periodfaʿiddatuhunna
  10. ثَلَٰثَةُ(is) threethalāthatu
  11. أَشۡهُرٖmonthsashhurin
  12. وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔيand the ones whowa-allāī
  13. لَمۡnotlam
  14. يَحِضۡنَۚ[they] menstruatedyaḥiḍ'na
  15. وَأُوْلَٰتُAnd those who (are)wa-ulātu
  16. ٱلۡأَحۡمَالِpregnantl-aḥmāli
  17. أَجَلُهُنَّtheir termajaluhunna
  18. أَنuntilan
  19. يَضَعۡنَthey deliveryaḍaʿna
  20. حَمۡلَهُنَّۚtheir burdensḥamlahunna
  21. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  22. يَتَّقِfearsyattaqi
  23. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  24. يَجۡعَلHe will makeyajʿal
  25. لَّهُۥfor himlahu
  26. مِنۡofmin
  27. أَمۡرِهِۦhis affairamrihi
  28. يُسۡرٗاeaseyus'ran

Tafsir

As for those divorcées who have no hope in menstruating due to old age, if you doubt in the manner of calculating their waiting period, then it is three months. Likewise, the waiting period of girls who have not reached the age of puberty and hence do not menstruate, their waiting period will also be three months. As for pregnant women, their waiting period after divorce or being widowed is when they give birth. Whoever is mindful of Allah by fulfilling His commands and refraining from the things He has not allowed, Allah will make his affairs easy for him and make easy every difficult matter.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran