[402] Waiting period (ʿiddah) as explained in the previous ayas.
[403] Deciding to keep the wife and not conclude divorce.
[404] To harm them by prolonging an agonizing waiting period, holding them back from marrying other husbands or forcing them into seeking separation and, in the process, financially compensating the current husband for it. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, al-Shinqīṭī)