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Qur’an 2:187 Al-Baqarah, verse 187
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌۭ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌۭ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٰٔنَ بَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| أُحِلَّ | uḥilla | Permitted |
| لَكُمْ | lakum | for you |
| لَيْلَةَ | laylata | (in the) nights |
| ٱلصِّيَامِ | l-ṣiyāmi | (of) fasting |
| ٱلرَّفَثُ | l-rafathu | (is) the approach |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | to |
| نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ | nisāikum | your wives |
| هُنَّ | hunna | They |
| لِبَاسٌۭ | libāsun | (are) garments |
| لَّكُمْ | lakum | for you |
| وَأَنتُمْ | wa-antum | and you |
| لِبَاسٌۭ | libāsun | (are) garments |
| لَّهُنَّ ۗ | lahunna | for them |
| عَلِمَ | ʿalima | Knows |
| ٱللَّهُ | l-lahu | Allah |
| أَنَّكُمْ | annakum | that you |
| كُنتُمْ | kuntum | used to |
| تَخْتَانُونَ | takhtānūna | deceive |
| أَنفُسَكُمْ | anfusakum | yourselves |
| فَتَابَ | fatāba | so He turned |
| عَلَيْكُمْ | ʿalaykum | towards you |
| وَعَفَا | waʿafā | and He forgave |
| عَنكُمْ ۖ | ʿankum | [on] you |
| فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ | fal-āna | So now |
| بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ | bāshirūhunna | have relations with them |
| وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ | wa-ib'taghū | and seek |
| مَا | mā | what |
| كَتَبَ | kataba | has ordained |
| ٱللَّهُ | l-lahu | Allah |
| لَكُمْ ۚ | lakum | for you |
| وَكُلُوا۟ | wakulū | And eat |
| وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ | wa-ish'rabū | and drink |
| حَتَّىٰ | ḥattā | until |
| يَتَبَيَّنَ | yatabayyana | becomes distinct |
| لَكُمُ | lakumu | to you |
| ٱلْخَيْطُ | l-khayṭu | the thread |
| ٱلْأَبْيَضُ | l-abyaḍu | [the] white |
| مِنَ | mina | from |
| ٱلْخَيْطِ | l-khayṭi | the thread |
| ٱلْأَسْوَدِ | l-aswadi | [the] black |
| مِنَ | mina | of |
| ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ | l-fajri | [the] dawn |
| ثُمَّ | thumma | Then |
| أَتِمُّوا۟ | atimmū | complete |
| ٱلصِّيَامَ | l-ṣiyāma | the fast |
| إِلَى | ilā | till |
| ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ | al-layli | the night |
| وَلَا | walā | And (do) not |
| تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ | tubāshirūhunna | have relations with them |
| وَأَنتُمْ | wa-antum | while you |
| عَـٰكِفُونَ | ʿākifūna | (are) secluded |
| فِى | fī | in |
| ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ | l-masājidi | the masajid |
| تِلْكَ | til'ka | These |
| حُدُودُ | ḥudūdu | (are the) limits |
| ٱللَّهِ | l-lahi | (set by) Allah |
| فَلَا | falā | so (do) not |
| تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ | taqrabūhā | approach them |
| كَذَٰلِكَ | kadhālika | Thus |
| يُبَيِّنُ | yubayyinu | makes clear |
| ٱللَّهُ | l-lahu | Allah |
| ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ | āyātihi | His verses |
| لِلنَّاسِ | lilnnāsi | for [the] people |
| لَعَلَّهُمْ | laʿallahum | so that they may |
| يَتَّقُونَ | yattaqūna | (become) righteous |
In context
The verses around 2:187 in Al-Baqarah.
- 2:185شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًۭى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍۢ فَعِدَّةٌۭ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَThe month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.
- 2:186وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
- 2:188وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًۭا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَAnd do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].
- 2:189۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَThey ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allah that you may succeed.
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