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Quran 2:236

Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), verse 236 of 286 · Juz 2

لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Translations of Quran 2:236
EnglishTalal Itani

You commit no error by divorcing women before having touched them, or before having set the dowry for them. And compensate them—the wealthy according to his means, and the poor according to his means—with a fair compensation, a duty upon the doers of good.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Eğer kadınları kendilerine el sürmeden veyahud bir mehir kesmeden boşadınızsa olmaz değil şu kadar ki onları müstefid edin, eli geniş olan kaderince, eli dar olan da kaderince ve güzellikle bir müt'a verin, bu, muhsinler üzerine borc bir haktır

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Il n’y a aucun péché de répudier une femme avec laquelle vous n’aurez point cohabité ou à qui vous n’aurez pas assigné de dot. Donnez-leur le nécessaire (l’homme aisé selon ses moyens, l’homme pauvre selon les siens) d’une manière honnête et ainsi qu’il convient à ceux qui pratiquent le bien.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Ook is het geene zonde, zich van de vrouw te scheiden, zoo lang gij haar niet aangeraakt of haar nog geene huwelijksgift toegekend hebt; doch dan moet gij, de rijke en de arme, ieder naar omstandigheden en billijkheid, voor haar onderhoud zorgen. Dit is de plicht der rechtvaardigen.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Non è peccato il ripudiare una donna con cui non avrete coabitato, o alla quale non avrete assegnata una dote. Datele il necessario (il ricco ed il povero, secondo le rispettive forze) in modo decente, e come conviene a coloro che praticano il bene.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.