الطَّلاقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاکُ بِمَعْرُوف أَوْ تَسْرِیحُ بِإِحْسَـان وَلاَیَحِلُّ لَکُمْ أَن تَأْخُذُواْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَیْتُمُوهُنَّ شَیْئاً إلاَّ أَن یَخَافَآ أَلاَّ یُقِیَما حُدُودَ اللهِ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلاَّ یُقِیَما حُدُودَ اللهِ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَیْهِمَا فِیَما افْتَدَتْ بِهِ تِلْکَ حُدُودُ اللهِ فَلاَ تَعْتَدُوهَا وَمَن یَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللهِ فَأُوْلَئکَ هُمُ الظَّـالِمُونَ(( 229 ))
229- DIVORCE IS TWICE, (WITH RECONCILIATION BETWEEN) THEN HONOURABLE RETENTION OR SEPARATION WITH KINDNESS. AND IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR YOU TO TAKE ANYTHING OF WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM, UNLESS THE COUPLE FEAR THAT THEY MAY NOT MAINTAIN THE LIMITS OF ALLAH. THEN IF YOU FEAR THAT THEY CANNOT KEEP WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ALLAH, IT IS NO FAULT ON THEM FOR HER TO REDEEM HERSELF. THOSE ARE THE BOUNDS OF ALLAH, SO DO NOT TRANSGRESS THEM, AND WHOEVER TRANSGRESSES THE BOUNDS OF ALLAH, THEN THOSE ARE THE OPPRESSORS.