The Explication of the Station of Divorce From the Viewpoint of the Noble Qur’ān: Divorce as a Solution or a Lifestyle?

The prevalence of modern culture in the world has led to a positive attitude to divorce, such that young couples deem the divorce-based married life as a lifestyle. As this approach is accepted in Islamic societies, too, the divorce rate is constantly increasing. Nonetheless, the noble Qur’ān has legislated divorce not as a lifestyle but rather as a solution to a congested life. It has also organized all rules related to family in this regard. Accordingly, a positive view to divorce is different from the qur’ānic view. The identification of the viewpoint of the noble Qur’ān to the philosophy and station of divorce in human life is one of the essential insights that can lead to the betterment of familial life.The study at hand intends to respond to the question “In the qur’ānic view, what is the philosophy behind legislating divorce and what is the station of divorce in the familial system of life?” Adopting a descriptive-analytical approach and relying on exegetic resources, this study analyzes divorce in modern and Islamic thought systems. The results show that the noble Qur’ān bases human society’s life on marriage, sanctifies coupleness, facilitates marriage, and reprimands and opposes easy divorce to show that divorce is only a solution for emergencies in life.