Term (‘Iddat)

                                                        

Waiting period for divorced or widow (L-294)

وَالمُطَلَّقاتُ يَتَرَبَّصنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلاثَةَ قُروءٍ ۚ وَلا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكتُمنَ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ في أَرحامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤمِنَّ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَومِ الآخِرِ ۚ 228a.

228a.  Wal-mutallaqaatu  yatarab-basna  bi-‘anfusi-hinna  salaasata  quruuu’.  Wa  laa ya-hillu  lahunna  ‘any-yaktumna  maa khalaqAllaahu  fiii  ‘ar-haa-mihinna  ‘in-kunna    yu’-minna  Billaahi  wal-Yawmil-‘Aakhir.

228a.  Divorced women shall wait by themselves for three periods. And it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day.

It has been mentioned in this verse that if the husband has divorced her wife then that woman should not marry immediately another husband. Moreover, she would have to wait not less than three (monthly) courses. There are many philosophies; for example; the husband gets chance of consideration and meditation with cool heart. On the other side; the faith regarding pregnancy becomes matured. Like this, the children of one person can’t get the other. So, it is duty of the woman that she should disclose which is in her womb.

This term is called ‘iddat in the Divine law of the Religion. As though; two lessons have been commanded here:

1.   It is reasonable to wait for a specified period after divorce. 

2.   If she is pregnant then she must not conceal but disclose it. There are uncountable moral and social advantages in these both orders.  

The matters which are being discussed continuously regarding divorce in this part of Holy Qur’an, demand our special attention, because in the present epoch; the divorce has become a joke in the world. A few women would be in the West who don’t get divorce, whereas in the East, they are tyrannized but are not divorced. There is a dire need to publicize this temperate teaching of Islam nowadays. https://youtu.be/l_gburiSIaU