This verse alludes to some commandments and rules about divorce. There are four of such commands in this verse:

      1) Divorced woman have to wait by themselves for three monthly periods.

      Islam wants to maintain the married state as far as possible and this waiting period is settled to prevent any hastly action and leave the door of reconciliation open to the couple. The Arabic `GHOROOA' translated here as monthly period; means cleanliness of the woman of menstruation. Giving a divorce can only be lawful when the woman is clean of menstruation and has had no sexual intercourse with her husband for sometimes. Therefore the woman has to wait for a third period in her menstrual cycle, and finally when she is cleansed, she can decide on remarriage or else.

      2) It is not lawful for them to hide what Allah has created in their uterus.

      3) The third commandment which can be deduced here, is that the husband, in that waiting period, has a priority to take his divorced wife back: ``And their husband have a right to take their wives back in that period, if they intend reconciliation.''

      In such cases and during the waiting period, the husband has a right to return to his wife without any formalities, and begin a new life with her.

      4) Then the verse applies to a fourth commandment saying: ``Women have rights similar to the rights that are against them with justice, but men have a grade above them.''

      Due to some physical and spiritual differences that exists between man and woman, the management of the house is given to man and the assistance is given to his wife.

      Here it is definitely declared that man and woman shall have similar rights against each other. But the difference in economic position between the sexes, makes the man's rights and liabilities a grade higher than the woman's. Elsewhere in the HOLY QURÄN (S 4: 34) man is declared responsible to provide for his wife and maintain her. Subject to this both sexes are on terms of equality in law, but in certain matters the weaker sex is entitled to special protection.

      Then the verse ends in that: ``Allah is mighty and wise.'' That is to say; God's wisdom and plans require that every individual in the community perform a certain task which is in harmony with the laws of nature and instinct.