Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 229

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 229

Attalaqu marratanifa-imsakun bimaAAroofin aw tasreehun bi-ihsaninwala yahillu lakum an ta/khuthoo mimmaataytumoohunna shay-an illa an yakhafaalla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fa-inkhiftum alla yuqeema hudooda Allahifala junaha AAalayhima feema iftadatbihi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taAAtadoohawaman yataAAadda hudooda Allahi faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

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1. ٱلطَّلَـٰقُal-ṭalāquThe divorce
2. مَرَّتَانِ ۖmarratāni(is) twice
3. فَإِمْسَاكٌۢfa-im'sākunThen to retain
4. بِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin a reasonable manner
5. أَوْawor
6. تَسْرِيحٌۢtasrīḥunto release (her)
7. بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness
8. وَلَاwalāAnd (it is) not
9. يَحِلُّyaḥillulawful
10. لَكُمْlakumfor you
11. أَنanthat
12. تَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūyou take (back)
13. مِمَّآmimmāwhatever
14. ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
15. شَيْـًٔاshayananything
16. إِلَّآillāexcept
17. أَنanif
18. يَخَافَآyakhāfāboth fear
19. أَلَّاallāthat not
20. يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) keep
21. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
22. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
23. فَإِنْfa-inBut if
24. خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
25. أَلَّاallāthat not
26. يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) keep
27. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
28. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
29. فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
30. جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
31. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon both of them
32. فِيمَاfīmāin what
33. ٱفْتَدَتْif'tadatshe ransoms
34. بِهِۦ ۗbihiconcerning it
35. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
36. حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
37. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
38. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
39. تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚtaʿtadūhātransgress them
40. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
41. يَتَعَدَّyataʿaddatransgresses
42. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
43. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
44. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
45. هُمُhumuthey
46. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers