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At-Talaq 6

Ayah 6 of 12 · Medinan

أَسۡكِنُوهُنَّ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجۡدِكُمۡ وَلَا تُضَآرُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّۚ وَإِن كُنَّ أُوْلَٰتِ حَمۡلٖ فَأَنفِقُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعۡنَ حَمۡلَهُنَّۚ فَإِنۡ أَرۡضَعۡنَ لَكُمۡ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَأۡتَمِرُواْ بَيۡنَكُم بِمَعۡرُوفٖۖ وَإِن تَعَاسَرۡتُمۡ فَسَتُرۡضِعُ لَهُۥٓ أُخۡرَىٰ ٦

Lodge them1 [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them.2 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.3

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 During their waiting period (referring to wives whose divorce has been pronounced).

2 So that they would be forced to leave or to ransom themselves.

3 See 2:233.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَسۡكِنُوهُنَّLodge themaskinūhunna
  2. مِنۡfrommin
  3. حَيۡثُwhereḥaythu
  4. سَكَنتُمyou dwellsakantum
  5. مِّن(out) ofmin
  6. وُجۡدِكُمۡyour meanswuj'dikum
  7. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  8. تُضَآرُّوهُنَّharm themtuḍārrūhunna
  9. لِتُضَيِّقُواْto distresslituḍayyiqū
  10. عَلَيۡهِنَّۚ[on] themʿalayhinna
  11. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  12. كُنَّthey arekunna
  13. أُوْلَٰتِthose (who are)ulāti
  14. حَمۡلٖpregnantḥamlin
  15. فَأَنفِقُواْthen spendfa-anfiqū
  16. عَلَيۡهِنَّon themʿalayhinna
  17. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  18. يَضَعۡنَthey deliveryaḍaʿna
  19. حَمۡلَهُنَّۚtheir burdenḥamlahunna
  20. فَإِنۡThen iffa-in
  21. أَرۡضَعۡنَthey sucklearḍaʿna
  22. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  23. فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّthen give themfaātūhunna
  24. أُجُورَهُنَّtheir paymentujūrahunna
  25. وَأۡتَمِرُواْand consultwatamirū
  26. بَيۡنَكُمamong yourselvesbaynakum
  27. بِمَعۡرُوفٖۖwith kindnessbimaʿrūfin
  28. وَإِنbut ifwa-in
  29. تَعَاسَرۡتُمۡyou disagreetaʿāsartum
  30. فَسَتُرۡضِعُthen may sucklefasatur'ḍiʿu
  31. لَهُۥٓfor himlahu
  32. أُخۡرَىٰanother (women)ukh'rā

Tafsir

After Allah mentioned the laws of divorce and revocation, He then mentions the laws of providing expenses and shelter, saying: O husbands! House them wherever you yourselves live, according to your means; Allah does not burden you with anything other than that. Do not put any restriction in expenses and shelter upon them, hoping to place them in difficulty. If the divorcée is pregnant, spend on her until she gives birth, and if she breastfeeds your child for you then give her the wage of her breastfeeding. Come to a mutual agreement over the matter of the wage with appropriate courtesy; if the husband shows miserliness in the wage the wife wants, or if she shows greed and is not content with anything except her demands, then the father of the child should hire a foster mother who breastfeeds his child for him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran