Qur'anic Verse

Al-Baqarah 2:229

"Divorce is twice; then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment... And if you fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of God, there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself." (condensed; the clause providing the wife's route to initiate separation, khula.)

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

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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 2:229

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