Surah At-Talaq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 65:1 ▶

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ ۖ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَـٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ لَا تَدْرِى لَعَلَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرًا ﴿١﴾

   yā'ayyuha n-nabiyyu 'idhā ṭallaqtumu n-nisā'a faṭalliqūhunna liʿiddatihinna wa'aḥṣu l-ʿiddah | wattaqu llāha rabbakum | lā tukhrijūhunna mim buyūtihinna walā yakhrujna 'illā 'ay ya'tīna bifāḥishatim mubayyinatiw watilka ḥudūdu llāh | wamay yataʿadda ḥudūda llāhi faqad ẓalama nafsah | lā tadrī laʿalla llāha yuḥdithu baʿda dhālika 'amrā

   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.

   See rulings in 2:228-233. A wife should not be divorced except after the completion of her menstrual period but before sexual intercourse has occurred, or else during a confirmed pregnancy. The pronouncement of divorce begins her waiting period (ʿiddah).

   Such as regret or renewed desire for the wife.

2. 65:2 ▶

   فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَأَشْهِدُوا۟ ذَوَىْ عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مَخْرَجًا ﴿٢﴾

   fa'idhā balaghna 'ajalahunna fa'amsikūhunna bimaʿrūfin 'aw fāriqūhunna bimaʿrūfiw wa'ashhidū dhaway ʿadlim minkum wa'aqīmu sh-shahādata lillāh | dhālikum yūʿaẓu bihī man kāna yu'minu billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | wamay yattaqi llāha yajʿal lahū makhrajā

   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

   i.e., relief from distress.

3. 65:3 ▶

   وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَـٰلِغُ أَمْرِهِۦ ۚ قَدْ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدْرًا ﴿٣﴾

   wayarzuqhu min ḥaythu lā yaḥtasib | wamay yatawakkal ʿala llāhi fahuwa ḥasbuh | inna llāha bālighu 'amrih | qad jaʿala llāhu likulli shay'in qadrā

   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.

4. 65:4 ▶

   وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى يَئِسْنَ مِنَ ٱلْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى لَمْ يَحِضْنَ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰتُ ٱلْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ يُسْرًا ﴿٤﴾

   wallā'ī ya'isna mina l-maḥīḍi min nisā'ikum 'ini rtabtum faʿiddatuhunna thalāthatu 'ashhuriw wallā'ī lam yaḥiḍn | wa'ulātu l-aḥmāli 'ajaluhunna 'ay yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunn | wamay yattaqi llāha yajʿal lahū min 'amrihī yusrā

   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.

   The ruling concerning pregnancy applies also in the case of the husband's death.

5. 65:5 ▶

   ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَنزَلَهُۥٓ إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦ وَيُعْظِمْ لَهُۥٓ أَجْرًا ﴿٥﴾

   dhālika 'amru llāhi 'anzalahū 'ilaykum | wamay yattaqi llāha yukaffir ʿanhu sayyi'ātihī wayuʿẓim lahū 'ajrā

   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.

6. 65:6 ▶

   أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجْدِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَآرُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن كُنَّ أُو۟لَـٰتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖ وَأْتَمِرُوا۟ بَيْنَكُم بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۖ وَإِن تَعَاسَرْتُمْ فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُۥٓ أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

   askinūhunna min ḥaythu sakantum miw wujdikum walā tuḍārrūhunna lituḍayyiqū ʿalayhinn | wa'in kunna 'ulāti ḥamlin fa'anfiqū ʿalayhinna ḥattā yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunn | fa'in 'arḍaʿna lakum fa'ātūhunna 'ujūrahunn | wa'tamirū baynakum bimaʿrūf | wa'in taʿāsartum fasaturḍiʿu lahū 'ukhrā

   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.

   During their waiting period (referring to wives whose divorce has been pronounced).

   So that they would be forced to leave or to ransom themselves.

   See 2:233.

7. 65:7 ▶

   لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُۥ فَلْيُنفِقْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا ۚ سَيَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا ﴿٧﴾

   liyunfiq dhū saʿatim min saʿatih | waman qudira ʿalayhi rizquhū falyunfiq mimmā 'ātāhu llāh | lā yukallifu llāhu nafsan 'illā mā 'ātāhā | sayajʿalu llāhu baʿda ʿusriy yusrā

   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].

8. 65:8 ▶

   وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِۦ فَحَاسَبْنَـٰهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَـٰهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ﴿٨﴾

   waka'ayyim min qaryatin ʿatat ʿan 'amri rabbihā warusulihī faḥāsabnāhā ḥisāban shadīdaw waʿadhdhabnāhā ʿadhāban nukrā

   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.

9. 65:9 ▶

   فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ أَمْرِهَا خُسْرًا ﴿٩﴾

   fadhāqat wabāla 'amrihā wakāna ʿāqibatu 'amrihā khusrā

   And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair [i.e., rebellion], and the outcome of its affair was loss.

10. 65:10 ▶

    أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ قَدْ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْرًا ﴿١٠﴾

    aʿadda llāhu lahum ʿadhāban shadīdā | fattaqu llāha yā'uli l-albābi lladhīna 'āmanū | qad 'anzala llāhu 'ilaykum dhikrā

    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].

    Some scholars have interpreted "dhikr" here as "a reminder," meaning the Messenger (ﷺ), since he is mentioned in the following verse.

11. 65:11 ▶

    رَّسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَيِّنَـٰتٍ لِّيُخْرِجَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۚ وَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَيَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۖ قَدْ أَحْسَنَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ رِزْقًا ﴿١١﴾

    rasūlay yatlū ʿalaykum 'āyāti llāhi mubayyinātil liyukhrija lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti mina ẓ-ẓulumāti 'ila n-nūr | wamay yu'mim billāhi wayaʿmal ṣāliḥay yudkhilhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā 'abadā | qad 'aḥsana llāhu lahū rizqā

    [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.

12. 65:12 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا ﴿١٢﴾

    allāhu lladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātiw wamina l-arḍi mithlahunna yatanazzalu l-amru baynahunna litaʿlamū 'anna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīruw wa'anna llāha qad 'aḥāṭa bikulli shay'in ʿilmā

    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.

    i.e., a similar number: seven.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.