Surah Al-Baqarah
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِّتَعْتَدُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Wa iżā ṭallaqtumun-nisā'a fabalagna ajalahunna fa'amsikūhunna bima‘rūfin au sarriḥūhunna bima‘rūf(in), wa lā tumsikūhunna ḍirāral lita‘tadū, wa may yaf‘al żālika faqad ẓalama nafasah(ū), wa lā tattakhiżū āyātillāhi huzuwaw ważkurū ni‘matallāhi ‘alaikum wa mā anzala ‘alaikum minal-kitābi wal-ḥikmati ya‘iẓukum bih(ī), wattaqullāha wa‘lamū annallāha bikulli syai'in ‘alīm(un).
And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.
📝 Footnotes
69) Iddah is the waiting period (during which she cannot remarry) for a woman due to divorce or the death of her husband.