سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 241
وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتِ مَتَـٰعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿241﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And for divorced women, maintenance (should be provided) on reasonable (scale). This is a duty on Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتِ
walil'muṭallaqāti
And for the divorced women
مَتَـٰعٌۢ
matāʿun
(is) a provision
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ
bil-maʿrūfi
in a fair manner
حَقًّا
ḥaqqan
a duty
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the righteous
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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241. Likewise, divorced women should be given something in a fair manner [338] when they are sent away, and this is an obligation upon the righteous.
[338]
The Command to Give Something at the Time of Sending Off a Divorced Woman:
In verse 236, the command to give something at the time of divorce is only for such a divorced woman for whom neither a dowry (mahr) was fixed nor did her husband have intercourse with her, and he died before consummation. Now here, such a command is being given for every type of divorced woman, and it has also been emphasized that it is not the way of the pious to divorce a woman and send her out of the house empty-handed.
[338]
The Command to Give Something at the Time of Sending Off a Divorced Woman:
In verse 236, the command to give something at the time of divorce is only for such a divorced woman for whom neither a dowry (mahr) was fixed nor did her husband have intercourse with her, and he died before consummation. Now here, such a command is being given for every type of divorced woman, and it has also been emphasized that it is not the way of the pious to divorce a woman and send her out of the house empty-handed.
