Do explicit divorce pronouncements take effect merely by being written, even if not intended, based on analogy with the verse of debt in Surat Al-Baqarah, and what is the ruling on one who writes them believing they do not take effect without intention?

A written divorce does not take effect unless there is an intention to divorce, and this is the view of the majority of scholars. The Quranic injunction to write down debts does not imply that mere writing establishes a ruling or abrogates a right. Rather, it is guidance for preserving rights, assessing them, and determining their due times, and it makes testimony more just and upright.