وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ یَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلاثَةَ قُرُوء وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ فِی أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إن کُنَّ یُؤْمِنَّ بِاللهِ وَالْیَوْمِ الاَْخِرِ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِی ذَلِکَ إِنْ أَرَادُواْ إِصْلاحاً وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِی عَلَیْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَیْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ وَاللهُ عَزِیزٌ حَکِیمٌ (( 228 ))
228- DIVORCED WOMEN SHALL WAIT BY THEMSELVES FOR THREE MONTHLY PERIODS. AND IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THEM TO HIDE WHAT ALLAH HAS CREATED IN THEIR UTERUS, IF THEY BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY. AND THEIR HUSBANDS HAVE A HIGHER RIGHT TO TAKE THEM BACK IN THAT PERIOD, IF THEY INTEND RECONCILIATION. WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS SIMILAR TO THE RIGHTS THAT ARE AGAINST THEM, WITH JUSTICE; BUT MEN HAVE A GRADE ABOVE THEM, AND ALLAH IS EXALTED IN POWER, WISE.