101. The Lord hath prohibited ... the practice to which ye formerly had recourse when thrice ye had divorced a woman.
This relates to a law of Islam set out in the Qur'an which decreed that under certain conditions a man could not remarry his divorced wife unless she had married and been divorced by another man. Baha'u'llah affirms that this is the practice which has been prohibited in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (Q and A 31). (211:3)

102. He who hath divorced his wife may choose, upon the passing of each month, to remarry her when there is mutual affection and consent, so long as she hath not taken another husband ... unless, clearly, her circumstances change.
Shoghi Effendi states, in a letter written on his behalf, that the intention of "the passing of each month" is not to impose a limitation, and that it is possible for a divorced couple to remarry at any time after their divorce, so long as neither party is currently married to another person. (211:4)

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