| 1 | O People! There is no other deity but Allah! |
| 2 | The Compassionate, the Beneficent, the Gracious; |
| 3 | All praise and worship be to Allah and no other! |
| 4 | The merchants and moneylenders say that their woman slaves have no right to choose separation, |
| 5 | As the merchant claim such women are owned and so are property. |
| 6 | The wicked people say their religion permits them to kill their women as divorce is forbidden. |
| 7 | The Christians say that Divorce is both immoral and unlawful, |
| 8 | And that once bound in matrimony a male and female can never be separated. |
| 9 | Thus, like the moneylenders and merchants, many wives are murdered, |
| 10 | Rather than being granted the independent right to be recognized. |
| 11 | Verily, by the Law of Allah, it is every woman’s right to ask for divorce. |
| 12 | It is every husband’s duty to show respect unto the laws of Islam and grant a woman’s wishes of separation. |
| 13 | There is no dishonor in divorce, only in men who defy the laws of Allah and Islam, |
| 14 | And consider their wives as mere property, which they’d rather steal or destroy than surrender. |
| 15 | It is a crime against Islam to refuse the right of a woman to ask for divorce when a just reason is given.” |
| 16 | Verily, a woman may be granted release from an unhappy matrimony, |
| 17 | Yet by the laws of heaven she may not engage in matrimony for a second time. |
| 18 | The sacredness of matrimony is inviolable in the halls of justice of Allah. |
| 19 | Thus, once recorded for all time, it cannot be undone. |
| 20 | Yet Allah grants to all the blessing and wisdom against undue suffering, |
| 21 | Which may befall a man or woman in matrimony. |
| 22 | Beware then of those that take such matters too lightly, |
| 23 | And do not consider carefully the sacred act of matrimony. |
| 24 | Beware to all who deny the wisdom of Allah. |
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Sufa 136 - The Release (Al-Talak)