The Holy Quran 2:228 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٍ ۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوٓا۟ إِصْلَـٰحًا ۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Translation

Divorced women should wait (should abstain from remarrying) for three (menstrual) courses (after divorce, called Iddah). It is not lawful for them to conceal (to keep secret) that which Allaah has created in their wombs if they (really) believe in Allaah and the Last Day (they should not keep their pregnancy a secret and should also not claim that they do not menstruate when they do). If their husbands desire reconciliation, they have the right to take them (their divorced wives) back (into their marriage) within this period (of Iddah). And they (women) have rights (that men owe to them) similar to those (that men have) over them (which should be fulfilled) in kindness. (However) men have a degree (of responsibility and guardianship) above them (above women). Allaah is Mighty (over His creation), Wise (in the laws He passes for people).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The rulings of divorce and iddah: when a man has divorced his wife, it is not yet lawful for that woman to marry anyone else until three menstrual periods (hayd) have been completed, so that if there is a pregnancy it becomes known, and one man's child is not attributed to another. Therefore it is fard (obligatory)

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