Qur'anic Verse

Al-Baqarah 2:228-232

A sequence of verses setting out divorced women's waiting period (idda), the revocability of divorce within that period, the requirement of fair treatment or release "with kindness," and the prohibition on obstructing a divorced woman's lawful remarriage once her waiting period has ended (condensed).

Revert Way rendering (condensed), in the style of early public-domain English translations (cf. Pickthall 1930)

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Research Paper
Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice
A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

Al-Baqarah 2:228-232

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice