The Holy Quran 2:227 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَإِنْ عَزَمُوا۟ ٱلطَّلَـٰقَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Translation

(However) If they (do not break their oaths and) resolve to divorce, then verily Allaah is All Hearing, All Knowing (Allaah knows their intentions and they cannot then claim that they did not intend a divorce).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The rulings of ila': that is, if someone swears, “I will not go near my wife,” then if he goes to his wife within four months, he will give expiation for the oath and the wife will remain in his marriage; and if four months pass and he does not go to her, a talaq ba'in (irrevocable divorce) will fall upon the wife.

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