those who put away their wives by equating them with their mothers and then wish to go back on what they have said must set free a slave before the couple may touch one another again. this is what you are exhorted to do. god is fully aware of what you do and anyone who does not have the means must fast for two consecutive months before they touch each other and who is not able to do that must feed sixty needy people. that is to affirm your faith in god and his messenger. these are the limits set by god. those who deny the truth shall have a painful punishment.
والذين يظاهرون من نسائهم ثم يعودون لما قالوا فتحرير رقبة من قبل أن يتماسا ذلكم توعظون به والله بما تعملون خبير فمن لم يجد فصيام شهرين متتابعين من قبل أن يتماسا فمن لم يستطع فإطعام ستين مسكينا ذلك لتؤمنوا بالله ورسوله وتلك حدود الله وللكافرين عذاب أليم