as for those of you who separate themselves from their wives by saying thou art as unlawful to me as my mother they can never be their mothers none are their mothers save those who gave them birth and so behold they but utter a saying that runs counter to reason and is false. but behold god is indeed an absolver of sins muchforgiving hence as for those who would separate themselves from their wives by saying thou art as unlawful to me as my mother and thereafter would go back on what they have said shall be the freeing of a human being from bondage before the couple may touch one another again this you are exhorted to do for god is fully aware of all that you do.
الذين يظاهرون منكم من نسائهم ما هن أمهاتهم إن أمهاتهم إلا اللائي ولدنهم وإنهم ليقولون منكرا من القول وزورا وإن الله لعفو غفور والذين يظاهرون من نسائهم ثم يعودون لما قالوا فتحرير رقبة من قبل أن يتماسا ذلكم توعظون به والله بما تعملون خبير