Al-Mujadila 58:3
The Pleading Woman · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 542
Retracting the Word
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُظَٰهِرُونَ مِن نِّسَآئِهِمۡ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُواْ فَتَحۡرِيرُ رَقَبَةࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ تُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرࣱ ٣
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.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Those who then go back on what they said must free a slave before they touch.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is the expiation for those who take back what they said and want to live with their wife as before.
Reflect
Do a kindness to make up for a hurtful word.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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