Surah Al-Baqarah
ٱلطَّلَـٰقُ مَرَّتَانِ ۖ فَإِمْسَاكٌۢ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌۢ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِمَّآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّآ أَن يَخَافَآ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا ٱفْتَدَتْ بِهِۦ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
Aṭ-ṭalāqu marratān(i), fa imsākum bima‘rūfin au tasrīḥum bi'iḥsān(in), wa lā yaḥillu lakum an ta'khużū mimmā ātaitumūhunna syai'an illā ay yakhāfā allā yuqīmā ḥudūdullāh(i), fa in khiftum allā yuqīmā ḥudūdullāh(i) falā junāḥa ‘alaihimā fīmaftadat bih(ī), tilka ḥudūdullāhi falā ta‘tadūhā, wa may yata‘adda ḥudūdullāhi fa'ulā'ika humuẓ-ẓālimūn(a).
Divorce is twice. Then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.
📝 Footnotes
68) This verse forms the legal basis for khulu‘ and the acceptance of ‘iwad. Khulu‘ is a wife's right to divorce her husband by paying ‘iwad (a ransom/compensation) through the court.