وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ الِنّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِکُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوف أَو سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوف وَلاَ تُمْسِکُوهُنَّ ضِرَاراً لِّتَعْتَدُوا وَمَن یَفْعَلْ ذَلِکَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ وَلاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ ءَایَـاتِ اللهِ هُزُواً وَاذْکُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللهِ عَلَیْکُمْ وَمَآ أَنَزلَ عَلَیْکُمْ مِّنَ الْکِتَـابِ وَالْحِکْمَةِ یَعِظُکُم بِهِ وَاتَّقُواْ اللهَ وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللهَ بِکُلِّ شَیْء عَلِیمٌ (( 231 ))
231- WHEN YOU DIVORCED WOMEN, AND THEY REACHED THE END OF THEIR WAITING PERIOD, EITHER RETAIN THEM IN HONOUR OR LET THEM GO WITH KINDNESS. DO NOT RETAIN THEM BY FORCE TO TRANSGRESS. AND WHOEVER DOES THAT, HE HAS IN FACT OPPRESSED HIS OWN SELF. AND DO NOT TAKE THE SIGNS OF ALLAH IN MOCKERY. AND REMEMBER THE FAVOURS OF ALLAH BESTOWED UPON YOU, AND FOR WHAT HE SENT DOWN TO YOU OF THE BOOK AND WISDOM, TO ADVISE YOU THEREBY. AND BEWARE OF ALLAH, AND KNOW THAT ALLAH HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS.