The Holy Quran 65:4 — Surah At-Talaq

Arabic text

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

Translation

If you are in doubt concerning (the duration of the Iddah of) those women who have lost hope of menstruating (who have passed menopause), then their Iddah and the Iddah of those women who do not menstruate at all shall be three (lunar) months. The duration (of the Iddah) of pregnant women shall be (expire) when they deliver. Allaah shall create ease in the affair (in all the duties and concerns of this world and the Aakhirah) of the one who fears Him (the one who has Taqwa).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The iddah of elderly women: that is, the Quran stated that the iddah (waiting period) of a divorced woman is three menstrual periods (as in Surah Al-Baqarah). If there remained a doubt as to what the iddah would be of one who has not menstruated, or whose menstruation has stopped because of advanced age, then it was made clear that it is three months.

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