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65. "The Divorce"
  
     
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 O Prophet! When men and women are married in oath, they are legally bound to one another and are bound to keep their duty to Allah, our Lord. A married person should not expel their partner, nor let them go forth unless their partner has committed an open immorality against the marriage. Such are the limits imposed by Allah; and whoso transgresses Allah's limits, they truly have wronged their soul. You know not what the future holds: it may be that Allah will after difficult times of marriage bring some new thing to pass.
 
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 Then, once any dispute in marriage has reached its conclusion, it is a spouse’s obligation to rejoin in kindness or if unresolved to part from them in kindness and call to witness two just people among you, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. Whoso believeth in Allah and the Last Day is exhorted to act thus. And whosoever keeps their duty to Allah and marriage, Allah will appoint a way out of difficult times for them,
 
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 And will provide for them from a place which they had no expectation. And whosoever puts their trust in Allah, He will suffice him. Behold! Allah brings His command to pass. Allah has set a measure for all things.
 
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 And for intimate relations when a wife enduring the despair of menstruation, if you doubt, their period of waiting shall be three days, after the end of the cycle along with those who have it not. And for those with child, their period of abstinence from intimate relations shall be till they bring forth their child. And whosoever keeps his duty to Allah, He makes his course easy for them.
 
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 That is the commandment of Allah which He reveals unto you. And whoso keeps his duty to Allah, He will remit from him his evil deeds and magnify reward for him.
 
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 Lodge as a married couple where you dwell, according to your wealth, and do not harass your partner or set unreasonable conditions on them. And if a wife is pregnant, then spend time with them and support them till they give birth. Then, consult together in kindness and recommence intimate relations at the time and choice of the wife. Even if you make difficulties for one another, it is not permitted to let some other woman have intimate relations with the father of the child.
 
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 Let him who has abundance spend of his abundance, and he whose provision is measured, let him spend of that which Allah has given him. Allah asks nothing of any soul except that which He has given it. Allah will vouch for the truth that after hardship of a faithful life, there is ease in the afterlife.
 
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 And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messengers, and Allah called it to a stern account and judgment.
  
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 So that it tasted the ill-effects of its conduct, and the consequence of its conduct was loss.
 
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 Allah has prepared for them stern judgment; so keep your duty to Allah, O men of understanding! O you who believe! Now Allah has sent down unto you a reminder,
 
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 A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain, that He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from darkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will bring him into Gardens of One Heaven in which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. Allah has made good provision for them.
 
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 Allah it is who has created the universe and of the earth. The commandment comes down among them slowly, that you may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah surrounds all things in knowledge.
  
   
 
 

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