and if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have appointed for them a portion then half of what you have appointed unless they relinquish or he should relinquish in whose hand is the marriage tie and it is nearer to righteousness that you should relinquish and do not neglect the giving of free gifts between you surely allah sees what you do.
وإن طلقتموهن من قبل أن تمسوهن وقد فرضتم لهن فريضة فنصف ما فرضتم إلا أن يعفون أو يعفو الذي بيده عقدة النكاح وأن تعفوا أقرب للتقوى ولا تنسوا الفضل بينكم إن الله بما تعملون بصير