ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٢٣٧

  • وَإِن And if
  • طَلَّقۡتُمُوهُنَّ you divorce them
  • مِن from
  • قَبۡلِ before
  • أَن [that]
  • تَمَسُّوهُنَّ you (have) touched them
  • وَقَدۡ while already
  • فَرَضۡتُمۡ you have specified
  • لَهُنَّ for them
  • فَرِيضَةٗ an obligation (dower)
  • فَنِصۡفُ then (give) half
  • مَا (of) what
  • فَرَضۡتُمۡ you have specified
  • إِلَّآ unless
  • أَن [that]
  • يَعۡفُونَ they (women) forgo (it)
  • أَوۡ or
  • يَعۡفُوَاْ forgoes
  • ٱلَّذِي the one
  • بِيَدِهِۦ in whose hands
  • عُقۡدَةُ (is the) knot
  • ٱلنِّكَاحِۚ (of) the marriage
  • وَأَن And that
  • تَعۡفُوٓاْ you forgo
  • أَقۡرَبُ (is) nearer
  • لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۚ to [the] righteousness
  • وَلَا And (do) not
  • تَنسَوُاْ forget
  • ٱلۡفَضۡلَ the graciousness
  • بَيۡنَكُمۡۚ among you
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • بِمَا of what
  • تَعۡمَلُونَ you do
  • بَصِيرٌ (is) All-Seer
And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allāh, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
And if you divorce them before you have touched them, and you have already appointed for them an obligation, then one-half of what you have appointed, must be given to them and the other half returns to you; unless it be that they, the women, make remission, and forgo it, or he makes remission, by leaving her the entire amount, the one in whose hand is the knot of marriage, the husband to be, or as Ibn 'Abbaas is reported to have said, 'The legal guardian, where the female is a minor'; in which case nobody would be at fault; yet that you should remit (wa-an ta'foo is the subject) is nearer to piety (aqrabu li'l-taqwaa is its predicate). Forget not kindness between you, that is, to be bountiful towards one another; surely God sees what you do, and will requite you accordingly.