Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), in the explanation of the verse of the Holy Qur'an { الطَّلاَقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاکٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ، أَوْ تَسْرِیحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ }, says that it refers to separation and annulment, not divorce. Allah Almighty has mentioned divorce at the beginning and end of the verse, and in between has mentioned khula, which is not divorce. Allah Almighty says { الطَّلاَقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاکٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ، أَوْ تَسْرِیحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ }