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وَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوْا حَكَمًا مِّنْ اَهْلِهٖ وَحَكَمًا مِّنْ اَهْلِهَا ۚ اِنْ يُّرِيْدَآ اِصْلَاحًا يُّوَفِّقِ اللّٰهُ بَيْنَهُمَا ۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلِيْمًا خَبِيْرًا   ( النساء: ٣٥ )

wa-in
وَإِنْ
And if
khif'tum
خِفْتُمْ
you fear
shiqāqa
شِقَاقَ
a dissension
baynihimā
بَيْنِهِمَا
between (the) two of them
fa-ib'ʿathū
فَٱبْعَثُوا۟
then send
ḥakaman
حَكَمًا
an arbitrator
min
مِّنْ
from
ahlihi
أَهْلِهِۦ
his family
waḥakaman
وَحَكَمًا
and an arbitrator
min
مِّنْ
from
ahlihā
أَهْلِهَآ
her family
in
إِن
If
yurīdā
يُرِيدَآ
they both wish
iṣ'lāḥan
إِصْلَٰحًا
reconciliation
yuwaffiqi
يُوَفِّقِ
will cause reconciliation
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
baynahumā
بَيْنَهُمَآۗ
between both of them
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
kāna
كَانَ
is
ʿalīman
عَلِيمًا
All-Knower
khabīran
خَبِيرًا
All-Aware

Wa in khiftum shiqaaqa baini himaa fab'asoo haka mam min ahlihee wa hakamam min ahlihaa; iny-yureedaaa islaah ai-yuwaffiqil laahu bainahumaa; innal laaha kaana 'Aleeman Khabeeraa (an-Nisāʾ 4:35)

Sahih International:

And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Aware. (An-Nisa [4] : 35)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

If you fear a split between them (the spouses), send one arbitrator from his people and one from her people. If they desire to set things right, Allah shall bring about harmony between them. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware