{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00228.htm","path":"isl/quran/00228.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00228.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n222. Wayas-aloonaka AAani almaheedi qul huwa athan faiAAtaziloo alnnisaa fee almaheedi wala taqraboohunna hatta yathurna fa-itha tatahharna fa/toohunna min haythu amarakumu Allahu inna Allaha yuhibbu alttawwabeena wayuhibbu almutatahhireena\n222. They ask thee\n Concerning women's courses.\n Say: They are\n A hurt and a pollution:\nSo keep away from women\n In their courses, and do not\n Approach them until\n They are clean.\n But when they have\n Purified themselves,\n Ye may approach them\n In any manner, time, or place\n Ordained for you by God.\n For God loves those\n Who turn to Him constantly\n And He loves those\n Who keep themselves pure and clean,\n223. Nisaokum harthun lakum fa/too harthakum anna shi/tum waqaddimoo li-anfusikum waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo annakum mulaqoohu wabashshiri almu/mineena\n223. Your wives are\n As a tilth unto you;\n So approach your tilth\n When or how ye will;\n But do some good act\n For your souls beforehand;\n And fear God,\n And know that ye are\n To meet Him (in the Hereafter),\n And give (these) good tidings\n To those who believe.\n224. Wala tajAAaloo Allaha AAurdatan li-aymanikum an tabarroo watattaqoo watuslihoo bayna alnnasi waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun\n224. And make not\n God's (name) an excuse\n In your oaths against\n Doing good, or acting rightly,\n Or making peace\n Between persons;\nFor God is One\n Who heareth and knoweth\n All things.\n225. La yu-akhithukumu Allahu biallaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukum bima kasabat quloobukum waAllahu ghafoorun haleemun\n225. God will not\n Call you to account\n For thoughtlessness\n In your oaths,\n But for the intention\n In your hearts;\n And He is\n Oft-forgiving\n Most Forbearing.\n226. Lillatheena yu/loona min nisa-ihim tarabbusu arbaAAati ashhurin fa-in faoo fa-inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun\n226. For those who take\n An oath for abstention\n From their wives,\n A waiting for four months\n Is ordained;\n If then they return,\n God is Oft-forgiving,\n Most Merciful.\n227. Wa-in AAazamoo alttalaqa fa-inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun\n227. But if their intention\n Is firm for divorce,\n God heareth\n And knoweth all things.\n228. Waalmutallaqatu yatarabbasna bi-anfusihinna thalathata quroo-in wala yahillu lahunna an yaktumna ma khalaqa Allahu fee arhamihinna in kunna yu/minna biAllahi waalyawmi al-akhiri wabuAAoolatuhunna ahaqqu biraddihinna fee thalika in aradoo islahan walahunna mithlu allathee AAalayhinna bialmaAAroofi walilrrijali AAalayhinna darajatun waAllahu AAazeezun hakeemun\n228. Divorced women\n Shall wait concerning themselves\nFor three monthly periods.\n Nor is it lawful for them\n To hide what God\n Hath created in their wombs,\n If they have faith\n In God and the Last Day.\n And their husbands\n Have the better right\n To take them back\n In that period, if\n They wish for reconciliation.\n And women shall have rights\n Similar to the rights\n Against them, according\n To what is equitable;\n But men have a degree\n (Of advantage) over them.\n And God is Exalted in Power, Wise.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.: Section 28 (222-228)","type":"page"}