The Quran addresses the prophet directly with a commandment (amr) for how men in his community should divorce their wives. This is described as one of the limits (ḥudūd) of Allah. The sūra then follows this up with a threat about the punishments that came in the past to communities that resisted the commandment of their Lord and his messengers.

– Prophet! When you divorce women
The Quran addresses the prophet directly with a rule for how men in his community should divorce their wives. The Arabic verb translated here “to divorce” is ṭallaqa, and the common Arabic noun for “divorce” is ṭalāq.
Verses 1–7 give further details of the divorce process, here called the “limits (ḥudūd) of Allah.” Allah “sends down” this commandment to the community, verse 5 claims.