65:1  Prophet, when any of you intend to divorce women, do so at the beginning of their prescribed waiting period. Calculate the period’s term carefully and be mindful of God, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their homes , nor should they leave during that period, unless they have committed a proven immoral act. These are the limits of God and whoever oversteps God’s limits wrongs his own soul. You never know what new situation God may bring about.

65:2  When they have fulfilled their term, either retain them honorably, or part with them honorably. And call from among your just witnesses, to give testimony for God’s sake. Anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should heed this. God will find a way out for whoever is mindful of Him

65:3  and will provide for him from an unexpected source. God will suffice for those who put their trust in Him. God will achieve His purpose. God has set a due measure for everything.

65:4  If you have any doubts, regarding a wife who has ceased menstruating and for one who have not yet menstruated, the period of waiting shall be three months. And for those who are pregnant, their term shall be until they have delivered. God makes things easy for those who are mindful of Him.

65:5  This is God’s command which He sent down to you. God will forgive the misdeeds and increase the rewards of anyone who is mindful of Him.

65:6  Allow the wives you are divorcing to reside where you reside, according to your means. Do not harass them in order to make things difficult for them. If they are pregnant, maintain them until they give birth. And if they nurse your infant, compensate them fairly. Maintain your relationship in a friendly and honorable way. But if you disagree, then let another woman nurse him.

65:7  Let the wealthy spend according to his wealth, and he whose resources are restricted shall spend according to what God has given him. God does not burden a soul beyond what He has given it. After hardship, God will bring ease.

65:8  Many a town defied the command of its Lord and His Messengers, so We held them strictly accountable, and We punished them with a horrifying punishment

65:9  to experience the consequences of its decisions, and the outcome of its decisions was total loss.

65:10  God has prepared a severe punishment for them. So you who are endowed with insight and have faith, be conscious of God. He has sent down a Reminder to you,

65:11  a Messenger who recites God’s verses that make things clear to you, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds from the darkness of ignorance into enlightenment. God will admit those who believe in Him and do good deeds into Gardens with rivers flowing through them, to dwell there forever and ever. God has provided excellently for them.

65:12  It is God who created seven heavens, and a similar number of Earths. His command descends through them, so that you may know that God is able to do all things, and that God’s knowledge has encompassed all things.