سورة الطلاق
Surah At-Talaq
The Divorce
Surah At-Talaq (The Divorce) is the 65th surah of the Quran. It has 12 verses and is a Medinan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقۡتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَ أَحۡصُواْ ٱلۡعِدَّةَ ۖ وَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ ۖ لَا تُخۡرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَ لَا يَخۡرُجۡنَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأۡتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةࣲ مُّبَيِّنَةࣲ ۚ وَ تِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ ظَلَمَ نَفۡسَهُۥ ۚ لَا تَدۡرِي لَعَلَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحۡدِثُ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمۡرࣰا﴿١﴾
Ya ayyuha alnnabiyyu itha tallaqtumu alnnisaa fatalliqoohunna liʿiddatihinna waahsoo alʿiddata waittaqoo Allaha rabbakum la tukhrijoohunna min buyootihinna wala yakhrujna illa an yateena bifahishatin mubayyinatin watilka hudoodu Allahi waman yataʿadda hudooda Allahi faqad thalama nafsahu la tadree laʿalla Allaha yuhdithu baʿda thalika amran
O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allāh, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allāh will bring about after that a [different] matter.
فَإِذَا بَلَغۡنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفࣲ وَ أَشۡهِدُواْ ذَوَيۡ عَدۡلࣲ مِّنكُمۡ وَ أَقِيمُواْ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مَخۡرَجࣰا﴿٢﴾
Faitha balaghna ajalahunna faamsikoohunna bimaʿroofin aw fariqoohunna bimaʿroofin waashhidoo thaway ʿadlin minkum waaqeemoo alshshahadata lillahi thalikum yooʿathu bihi man kana yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri waman yattaqi Allaha yajʿal lahu makhrajan
And when they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or part with them according to acceptable terms. And bring to witness two just men from among you and establish the testimony for [the acceptance of] Allāh. That is instructed to whoever should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And whoever fears Allāh - He will make for him a way out
وَ يَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَحۡتَسِبُ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسۡبُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَٰلِغُ أَمۡرِهِۦ ۚ قَدۡ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدۡرࣰا﴿٣﴾
Wayarzuqhu min haythu la yahtasibu waman yatawakkal ʿala Allahi fahuwa hasbuhu inna Allaha balighu amrihi qad jaʿala Allahu likulli shayin qadran
And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allāh - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allāh will accomplish His purpose. Allāh has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.
وَ ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي يَئِسۡنَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمۡ إِنِ ٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَٰثَةُ أَشۡهُرࣲ وَ ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي لَمۡ يَحِضۡنَ ۚ وَ أُوْلَٰتُ ٱلۡأَحۡمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعۡنَ حَمۡلَهُنَّ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ يُسۡرࣰا﴿٤﴾
Waallaee yaisna mina almaheedi min nisaikum ini irtabtum faʿiddatuhunna thalathatu ashhurin waallaee lam yahidna waolatu alahmali ajaluhunna an yadaʿna hamlahunna waman yattaqi Allaha yajʿal lahu min amrihi yusran
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. And whoever fears Allāh - He will make for him of his matter ease.
ذَٰلِكَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ أَنزَلَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡكُمۡ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يُكَفِّرۡ عَنۡهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦ وَ يُعۡظِمۡ لَهُۥٓ أَجۡرًا﴿٥﴾
Thalika amru Allahi anzalahu ilaykum waman yattaqi Allaha yukaffir ʿanhu sayyiatihi wayuʿthim lahu ajran
That is the command of Allāh, which He has sent down to you; and whoever fears Allāh - He will remove for him his misdeeds and make great for him his reward.
أَسۡكِنُوهُنَّ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجۡدِكُمۡ وَ لَا تُضَآرُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ ۚ وَ إِن كُنَّ أُوْلَٰتِ حَمۡلࣲ فَأَنفِقُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعۡنَ حَمۡلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنۡ أَرۡضَعۡنَ لَكُمۡ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَ أۡتَمِرُواْ بَيۡنَكُم بِمَعۡرُوفࣲ ۖ وَ إِن تَعَاسَرۡتُمۡ فَسَتُرۡضِعُ لَهُۥٓ أُخۡرَىٰ﴿٦﴾
Askinoohunna min haythu sakantum min wujdikum wala tudarroohunna litudayyiqoo ʿalayhinna wain kunna olati hamlin faanfiqoo ʿalayhinna hatta yadaʿna hamlahunna fain ardaʿna lakum faatoohunna ojoorahunna watamiroo baynakum bimaʿroofin wain taʿasartum fasaturdiʿu lahu okhra
Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. 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.
لِيُنفِقۡ ذُو سَعَةࣲ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۖ وَ مَن قُدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقُهُۥ فَلۡيُنفِقۡ مِمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا ۚ سَيَجۡعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡدَ عُسۡرࣲ يُسۡرࣰا﴿٧﴾
Liyunfiq thoo saʿatin min saʿatihi waman qudira ʿalayhi rizquhu falyunfiq mimma atahu Allahu la yukallifu Allahu nafsan illa ma ataha sayajʿalu Allahu baʿda ʿusrin yusran
Let a man of wealth spend from his wealth, and he whose provision is restricted - let him spend from what Allāh has given him. Allāh does not charge a soul except [according to] what He has given it. Allāh will bring about, after hardship, ease [i.e., relief].
وَ كَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ عَتَتۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا وَ رُسُلِهِۦ فَحَاسَبۡنَٰهَا حِسَابࣰا شَدِيدࣰا وَ عَذَّبۡنَٰهَا عَذَابࣰا نُّكۡرࣰا﴿٨﴾
Wakaayyin min qaryatin ʿatat ʿan amri rabbiha warusulihi fahasabnaha hisaban shadeedan waʿaththabnaha ʿathaban nukran
And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.
فَذَاقَتۡ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهَا وَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ أَمۡرِهَا خُسۡرًا﴿٩﴾
Fathaqat wabala amriha wakana ʿaqibatu amriha khusran
And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair [i.e., rebellion], and the outcome of its affair was loss.
أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣰا شَدِيدࣰا ۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ۚ قَدۡ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرࣰا﴿١٠﴾
aʿadda Allahu lahum ʿathaban shadeedan faittaqoo Allaha ya olee alalbabi allatheena amanoo qad anzala Allahu ilaykum thikran
Allāh has prepared for them a severe punishment; so fear Allāh, O you of understanding who have believed. Allāh has sent down to you a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].
رَّسُولࣰا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَيِّنَٰتࣲ لِّيُخۡرِجَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۚ وَ مَن يُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَ يَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحࣰا يُدۡخِلۡهُ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدࣰا ۖ قَدۡ أَحۡسَنَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ رِزۡقًا﴿١١﴾
Rasoolan yatloo ʿalaykum ayati Allahi mubayyinatin liyukhrija allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati mina alththulumati ila alnnoori waman yumin biAllahi wayaʿmal salihan yudkhilhu jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha abadan qad ahsana Allahu lahu rizqan
[He sent] a Messenger [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] reciting to you the distinct verses of Allāh that He may bring out those who believe and do righteous deeds from darknesses into the light. And whoever believes in Allāh and does righteousness - He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein forever. Allāh will have perfected for him a provision.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتࣲ وَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِثۡلَهُنَّ ۖ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ بَيۡنَهُنَّ لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمَۢا﴿١٢﴾
Allahu allathee khalaqa sabʿa samawatin wamina alardi mithlahunna yatanazzalu alamru baynahunna litaʿlamoo anna Allaha ʿala kulli shayin qadeerun waanna Allaha qad ahata bikulli shayin ʿilman
It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allāh is over all things competent and that Allāh has encompassed all things in knowledge.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
At-Talaq is not only the name of this Surah but also the title of its subject matter, for it contains commandments about Talaq (divorce) itself. Hadrat \`Abdullah bin Mas\`ud has described it as Surah an-Nisa al-qusra also, i.e. the shorter Surah an-Nisa.
Period of Revelation
Hadrat Abdullah bin Masud has Pointed out, and the internal evidence of the subject matter of the Surah confirms the same, that it must have been sent down after those verses of surah Al-Baqarah in which commandments concerning divorce were given for the first time. Although it is difficult to determine precisely what is its exact date of revelation, yet the traditions in any case indicate that when the people started making errors in understanding the commandments of Surah Al-Baqarah, and practically also they began to commit mistakes, Allah sent down these instructions for their correction.
Theme and Subject Matter
In order to understand the commandments of this Surah, it would be useful to refresh one's memory about the instructions which have been given in the Qur'an concerning divorce and the waiting period (Iddat) above.
"Divorce may be pronounced twice; then the wife may either be kept back in fairness or allowed to separate in fairness." (Al Baqarah 229)
"And the divorced women (after the pronouncement of the divorce) must wait for three monthly courses... and their husbands are fully entitled to take them back (as their wives) during this waiting period, if they desire reconciliation." (Al Baqarah 228)
"Then, if the husband divorces his wife (for the third time), she shall not remain lawful for him after this divorce, unless she marries another husband..." (Al Baqarah 230)
"When you marry the believing women, and then divorce them before you have touched them, they do not have to fulfill a waiting period, the completion of which you may demand of them." (Al-Ahzab 49)
"And if those of you who die, leave wives behind, the women should abstain (from marriage) for four months and ten days." (Al Baqarah 234)
The rules prescribed in these verses were as follows:
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A man can pronounce at the most three divorces on his wife.
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In case the husband has pronounced one or two divorces he is entitled to keep the woman back as wife within the waiting period and if after the expiry of the waiting period the two desire to re-marry, they can re- marry there is no condition of legalization (tahlil). But if the husband has pronounced three divorces, he forfeits his right to keep her as his wife within the waiting. period, and they cannot re-marry unless the woman re-marries another husband and he subsequently divorces her of his own free will.
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The waiting period of the woman, who menstruates and marriage with whom has been consummated, is that she should pass three monthly courses. The waiting period in case of one or two divorces is that the woman is still the legal wife of the husband and he can keep her back as his wife within the waiting period. But if the husband has pronounced three divorces, this waiting period cannot be taken advantage of for the purpose of reconciliation, but it is only meant to restrain the woman from re-marrying another person before it comes to an end.
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There is no waiting. period for the woman, marriage with whom has not been consummated, and who is divorced even before she is touched. She can re-marry, if she likes, immediately after the divorce.
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The waiting period of the woman whose husband dies, is four months and ten days.
Here, one should understand well that Surah At-Talaq was not sent down to annul any of these rules or amend it, but it was sent down for two purposes;
First, that the man who has been given the right to pronounce divorce should be taught such judicious methods of using this right as do not lead to separation, as far as possible however, if separation does take place, it should only be in case all possibilities of mutual reconciliation have been exhausted. For in the Divine Law provision for divorce has been made only as an unavoidable necessity; otherwise Allah does not approve that the marriage relationship that has been established between a man and a woman should ever break. The Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) has said "Allah has not made lawful anything more hateful in His sight than divorce." (Abu Daud). And: "Of all the things permitted by the Law, the most hateful in the sight of Allah is the divorce, (Abu Daud)
The second object was to complement this section of the family law of Islam by supplying answers to the questions that had remained after the revelation of the commandments in Surah Al-Baqarah. So, answers have been supplied to the following questions:What would be the waiting period of the women, marriage with whom has been consummated and who no longer menstruate, or those who have not yet menstruated, in case they are divorced? What would be the waiting period of the woman, who is pregnant, or the woman whose husband dies, if she is divorced?And what arrangements would be made for the maintenance and lodging of the different categories of divorced women, and for the fosterage of the child whose parents have separated on account of a divorce?
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran