سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 49
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا ﴿49﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them before you have sexual intercourse with them, no ‘Iddah [divorce prescribed period, see (V.65:4)] have you to count in respect of them. So give them a present, and set them free (i.e. divorce), in a handsome manner.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
O you who believe
إِذَا
idhā
When
نَكَحْتُمُ
nakaḥtumu
you marry
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
l-mu'mināti
believing women
ثُمَّ
thumma
and then
طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ
ṭallaqtumūhunna
divorce them
مِن
min
before
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
تَمَسُّوهُنَّ
tamassūhunna
you have touched them
فَمَا
famā
then not
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
عَلَيْهِنَّ
ʿalayhinna
on them
مِنْ
min
any
عِدَّةٍۢ
ʿiddatin
waiting period
تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ
taʿtaddūnahā
(to) count concerning them
فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ
famattiʿūhunna
So provide for them
وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ
wasarriḥūhunna
and release them
سَرَاحًۭا
sarāḥan
(with) a release
جَمِيلًۭا
jamīlan
good
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
49. 1. After marriage, those women with whom intercourse has taken place and who are also young, if such women are divorced, their waiting period is three menstrual cycles, and for those with whom marriage has taken place but there has been no intercourse between husband and wife, if they are divorced, then there is no waiting period for them, meaning such non-consummated divorcees can immediately marry elsewhere without observing any waiting period. However, if the husband dies before intercourse, then she must observe a waiting period of four months and ten days (Fath al-Qadeer, Ibn Kathir). Touching or laying a hand, this is a metaphor for intercourse (jima'). The word 'Nikah' is used for both the specific act of intercourse and the marriage contract. Here, it is in the meaning of the contract. Based on this verse, it is also argued that there is no divorce before marriage, because here divorce after marriage is mentioned. Therefore, those jurists who believe that if a person says, "If I marry such-and-such woman, she is divorced," then according to them, as soon as he marries that woman, divorce will take place. Similarly, some say that if he says, "Whichever woman I marry, she is divorced," then whichever woman he marries, divorce will occur. This is not correct. It is clarified in the hadith (لاطلاق قبل النکاح) that there is no divorce before marriage, which makes it clear that divorce before marriage is a futile act with no legal status.
49. 2. This is mut‘ah; if a dowry has been fixed, then half the dowry, otherwise, something should be given according to means.
49. 3. That is, they should be separated with honor and respect, without causing any harm.
49. 2. This is mut‘ah; if a dowry has been fixed, then half the dowry, otherwise, something should be given according to means.
49. 3. That is, they should be separated with honor and respect, without causing any harm.
