Waitha tallaqtumu alnnisaa fabalaghna ajalahunna fala taAAduloohunna an yankihna azwajahunna itha taradaw baynahum bialmaAAroofi thalika yooAAathu bihi man kana minkum yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri thalikum azka lakum waatharu waAllahu yaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoona
English
Ahmed Ali
When you have divorced your wives and they have completed the fixed term (of waiting), do not stop them from marrying other men if it is agreed between them honourably. This warning is for those among you who believe in God and the Last Day. This is both proper and right for you, for God knows and you do not know.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and when ye have divorced women) one or two pronouncements of divorce (and they have reached their term) have completed their waiting period and want to return to their first husbands with a new dowry and marriage contract, (place not difficulties in the way of) do not prevent them (their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness) a new dowry and marriage contract. (this) what is mentioned above (is an admonition) a command (for him among you who believeth in allah and the last day. this) what is mentioned above (is more virtuous) better (for you, and cleaner) for your hearts and theirs from misgivings and enmity. (allah knoweth) the love of the wife for her husband: (while ye know not) this. this verse was revealed about ma'qil ibn yasar al-muzani who prevented his sister jamilah from returning to her first husband 'abdullah ibn 'asim with a new dowry and marriage contract. allah forbade him from doing so.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : when you divorce women, and they have reached, completed, their term, of waiting, do not debar them — addressing the guardians here — from marrying their, divorced, husbands when they, the male spouses and their women, have agreed together honourably, in accordance with the law. the occasion for the revelation [of this verse] was: ma‘qil b. yasār’s sister was divorced by her husband, who then wanted to restore her, but ma‘qil refused, as reported by al-hākim. that, the prohibition against debarring, is an admonition for whoever of you believe in god and the last day, because it is for the benefit of such a person; that, refraining from debarring, is purer for you, better, and cleaner, for you and for them, bearing in mind the suspicion that can be aroused by the couple on account of prior intimacy. god knows, what is in your interest, and you know not, any of this, so follow his commands.
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (and when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way…) [2:232].
abu sa‘id ibn abi bakr ibn al-ghazi informed us> abu ahmad muhammad ibn muhammad ibn ishaq al-hafiz> ahmad ibn muhammad ibn al-husayn> ahmad ibn hafs ibn ‘abd allah> his father> ibrahim ibn tahman> yunus ibn ‘ubayd> al-hasan that he said regarding the saying of allah, glorious and majestic is he (and when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness…): “ma‘qil ibn yasar informed me that this verse was revealed about him. he said: ‘i had given one of my sisters to a certain man who went on to divorce her. when my sister’s waiting period was over, the same man came back asking for my sister’s hand. i said to him: ‘i had given my sister to you as a bride; i married her to you and honoured you, but you went on to divorce her. no, by allah, you will never go back to her!’ he said: ‘the man was not bad, and the woman wanted to go back to him. then allah, glorious and majestic is he, revealed this verse. i said: i will do it now, o messenger of allah’. and he gave his sister in marriage to this man’ ”. this was narrated by bukhari from ahmad ibn hafs.
al-hakim abu mansur muhammad ibn muhammad al-mansuri informed us> ‘ali ibn ‘umar ibn mahdi> muhammad ibn ‘amr ibn al-bukhturi> yahya ibn ja‘far> abu ‘amir al-‘uqadi> ‘abbad ibn rashid> al-hasan> ma‘qil ibn yasar who said: “i had a sister whose hand i always decline to give until a cousin of mine proposed to her. i gave her to him in marriage and they remained married as long as allah willed. he then divorced her a revocable divorce, waited until her waiting period elapsed and came forward, along with other suitors, to ask for her hand. i said to him: ‘i had refused to marry her off to other people and, instead, gave her to you in marriage. you chose to divorce her a revocable divorce and waited until the waiting period elapsed. now that her hand is asked for, you come to me asking to marry her. i will never marry her to you’. allah, exalted is he, then revealed (and when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands…). i therefore did amend for my oath and gave her to him in marriage”.
isma‘il ibn abi al-qasim al-nasrabadhi informed us> abu muhammad ‘abd allah ibn ibrahim ibn masi al-bazzaz>abu muslim ibrahim ibn ‘abd allah al-basri> hajjaj ibn minhal> mubarak ibn fudalah> al-hasan who reported that ma‘qil ibn yasar married his sister to a muslim man. he remained married to her for a certain period and then divorced her one single divorce. he left her until the waiting period elapsed, and she became free to marry whoever she choose to, and came along with other suitors asking for her hand. she agreed to go back to him. he therefore went to ma‘qil ibn yasar asking for her hand. ma‘qil was angry. he told him: “i honoured you by giving her to you in marriage but you divorced her. by allah, she will never go back to you!”
al-hasan said: “allah knew the man's need for his wife and the wife's need for her husband, and he revealed regarding this in the qur’an (and when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness…). when ma‘qil ibn yasar heard this, he said: ‘i hear my lord and obey!’ he then called the man and said: ‘i will give you my sister for marriage and honour you’, and he did”.
sa‘id ibn muhammad ibn ahmad al-shahid informed us> his grandfather> abu ‘amr al-hiri> muhammad ibn yahya> ‘amr ibn hammad> asbat> al-suddi who said, reporting from his sources of narration: “this verse was revealed about jabir ibn ‘abd allah al-ansari. he had a cousin whose husband divorced her one single divorce. when her waiting period elapsed, he came back, wanting to take her back. but jabir refused, saying: ‘you have divorced our cousin and now you want to marry her a second time [this will not happen]’. the woman however wanted to go back to her husband because she accepted him, and so this verse was revealed about them”.
