Translation of the meanings Ayah 2 Surah Al-Mujādalah - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 2

ٱلَّذِينَ يُظَٰهِرُونَ مِنكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِهِم مَّا هُنَّ أُمَّهَٰتِهِمۡۖ إِنۡ أُمَّهَٰتُهُمۡ إِلَّا ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي وَلَدۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنكَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَزُورٗاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٞ

2. Those who separate from their wives by likening them of their mothers⁴, they are not their mothers; their mothers are no other than those who gave birth to them. The words that they say are certainly detestable statement and falsehood. But Allāh is surely All-Pardoning, All-Forgiving.

4. By saying to one's wife: "You are to me like the back of my mother." Meaning unlawful to approach, which was abolished by the revelation of the next verses.