سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 236
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿236﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
There is no sin on you, if you divorce women while yet you have not touched (had sexual relation with) them, nor appointed unto them their Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage). But bestow on them (a suitable gift), the rich according to his means, and the poor according to his means, a gift of reasonable amount is a duty on the doers of good.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَّا
lā
(There is) no
جُنَاحَ
junāḥa
blame
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
إِن
in
if
طَلَّقْتُمُ
ṭallaqtumu
you divorce
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
l-nisāa
[the] women
مَا
mā
whom
لَمْ
lam
not
تَمَسُّوهُنَّ
tamassūhunna
you have touched
أَوْ
aw
nor
تَفْرِضُوا۟
tafriḍū
you specified
لَهُنَّ
lahunna
for them
فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚ
farīḍatan
an obligation (dower)
وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ
wamattiʿūhunna
And make provision for them
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْمُوسِعِ
l-mūsiʿi
the wealthy
قَدَرُهُۥ
qadaruhu
according to his means
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
and upon
ٱلْمُقْتِرِ
l-muq'tiri
the poor
قَدَرُهُۥ
qadaruhu
according to his means
مَتَـٰعًۢا
matāʿan
a provision
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ
bil-maʿrūfi
in a fair manner
حَقًّا
ḥaqqan
a duty
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
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236. There is no blame upon you if you divorce women whom you have not touched nor specified a dowry for them. But provide for them [330]—the wealthy according to his means and the poor according to his means—a reasonable provision. This is a duty upon the doers of good.
[330] That is, at the time of marriage, neither was the dowry specified nor did consummation take place, so in such a case, there is no dowry at all. However, the command to give something has been emphasized so that the harm caused to the woman by divorcing her before consummation after establishing the relationship may be compensated to some extent. Therefore, all righteous people have been urged to do so, and in this matter, one should act generously as much as possible.
[330] That is, at the time of marriage, neither was the dowry specified nor did consummation take place, so in such a case, there is no dowry at all. However, the command to give something has been emphasized so that the harm caused to the woman by divorcing her before consummation after establishing the relationship may be compensated to some extent. Therefore, all righteous people have been urged to do so, and in this matter, one should act generously as much as possible.
