And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out.
“And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out.”
So when they draw nearer to the end of their waiting periods, take them back if you long to do so, while maintaining the best of conduct, or do not take them back until their waiting periods finish and they gain control over their own affairs, after fulfilling for them their rights.
The plain meaning, from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir
فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَأَشْهِدُوا۟ ذَوَىْ عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مَخْرَجًا
And when they have nearly fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or part with them according to acceptable terms. And bring to witness two just men from among you and establish the testimony for the acceptance of Allah. That is instructed to whoever should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out
What does Quran 65:2 mean?
Like the promise that follows it, this sits inside the law of divorce — the rules for taking a wife back or parting from her well, and for calling two upright witnesses. The way out is promised precisely to someone in a situation that has no obvious exit. And the commentators keep the condition plain: mindfulness of Allah here means keeping what He commanded and leaving what He forbade, in exactly the circumstance where that is hardest.
Written from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir