Qur'an 65:1 At-Talaq
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ ۖ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ لَا تَدْرِى لَعَلَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرًۭا
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 Allah, 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] Allah. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [different] matter.
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What it says
The address opens to the Prophet ﷺ but the instruction that follows is plural, spoken to the whole community through him. Divorce is to be pronounced at the start of a waiting period a woman can complete in full, and that count is to be kept exactly. She is not put out of her house during it, nor does she leave on her own, unless she commits a clear indecency. These are called the limits of Allah, and stepping past them is a wrong a person does to himself.
Word by word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا yā-ayyuhā O · ٱلنَّبِىُّ an-nabiyyu Prophet · إِذَا idhā when · طَلَّقْتُمُ ṭallaqtumu you divorce · ٱلنِّسَآءَ an-nisāʾa the women · فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ fa-ṭalliqūhunna then divorce them · لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ liʿiddatihinna for their waiting period · وَأَحْصُوا۟ wa-aḥṣū and count · ٱلْعِدَّةَ al-ʿiddata the waiting period · وَٱتَّقُوا۟ wa-taqū and fear · ٱللَّهَ allāha Allah · رَبَّكُمْ rabbakum your Lord · لَا lā do not · تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ tukhrijūhunna expel them · مِن min from · بُيُوتِهِنَّ buyūtihinna their houses · وَلَا wa-lā nor · يَخْرُجْنَ yakhrujna should they leave · إِلَّآ illā except · أَن an that · يَأْتِينَ yaʾtīna they commit · بِفَٰحِشَةٍ bifāḥishatin an indecency · مُّبَيِّنَةٍ mubayyinatin manifest · وَتِلْكَ wa-tilka and those · حُدُودُ ḥudūdu are the limits · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · وَمَن wa-man and whoever · يَتَعَدَّ yataʿadda transgresses · حُدُودَ ḥudūda the limits · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · فَقَدْ fa-qad then indeed · ظَلَمَ ẓalama has wronged · نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu himself · لَا lā not · تَدْرِى tadrī do you know · لَعَلَّ laʿalla perhaps · ٱللَّهَ allāha Allah · يُحْدِثُ yuḥdithu will bring about · بَعْدَ baʿda after · ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that · أَمْرًا amran a matter
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