Surah Al-Mujaadila — The Pleading Woman

Named for a woman who pleaded her case before the Prophet, setting rules protecting women within marriage.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ قَد سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَولَ الَّتى تُجٰدِلُكَ فى زَوجِها وَتَشتَكى إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسمَعُ تَحاوُرَكُما إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَميعٌ بَصيرٌ

Qad samiAAa Allahu qawla allatee tujadiluka fee zawjiha watashtakee ila Allahi waAllahu yasmaAAu tahawurakuma inna Allaha sameeAAun baseerun

1. Allah hath heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complaineth unto Allah. And Allah heareth your colloquy. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower

الَّذينَ يُظٰهِرونَ مِنكُم مِن نِسائِهِم ما هُنَّ أُمَّهٰتِهِم إِن أُمَّهٰتُهُم إِلَّا الّٰـٔى وَلَدنَهُم وَإِنَّهُم لَيَقولونَ مُنكَرًا مِنَ القَولِ وَزورًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفورٌ

Allatheena yuthahiroona minkum min nisaihim ma hunna ommahatihim in ommahatuhum illa allaee waladnahum wainnahum layaqooloona munkaran mina alqawli wazooran wainna Allaha laAAafuwwun ghafoorun

2. Such of you as put away your wives (by saying they are as their mothers) - They are not their mothers; none are their mothers except those who gave them birth - they indeed utter an ill word and a lie. And lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

وَالَّذينَ يُظٰهِرونَ مِن نِسائِهِم ثُمَّ يَعودونَ لِما قالوا فَتَحريرُ رَقَبَةٍ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَتَماسّا ذٰلِكُم توعَظونَ بِهِ وَاللَّهُ بِما تَعمَلونَ خَبيرٌ

Waallatheena yuthahiroona min nisaihim thumma yaAAoodoona lima qaloo fatahreeru raqabatin min qabli an yatamassa thalikum tooAAathoona bihi waAllahu bima taAAmaloona khabeerun

3. Those who put away their wives (by saying they are as their mothers) and afterward would go back on that which they have said, (the penalty) in that case (is) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. Unto this ye are exhorted; and Allah is Informed of what ye do

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