{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00223.htm","path":"isl/quran/00223.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00223.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n183. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona\n183. O ye who believe!\n Fasting is prescribed to you\n As it was prescribed\n To those before you,\n That ye may (learn)\n Self-restraint,\u2014\n184. Ayyaman maAAdoodatin faman kana minkum mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun min ayyamin okhara waAAala allatheena yuteeqoonahu fidyatun taAAamu miskeenin faman tatawwaAAa khayran fahuwa khayrun lahu waan tasoomoo khayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoona\n184. (Fasting) for a fixed\n Number of days;\n But if any of you is ill,\n Or on a journey,\n The prescribed number\n (Should be made up)\n From days later.\n For those who can do it\n (With hardship), is a ransom,\n The feeding of one\n That is indigent.\n But he that will give\n More, of his own free will,\u2014\n It is better for him.\n And it is better for you\n That ye fast,\n If ye only knew.\n185. Shahru ramadana allathee onzila feehi alqur-anu hudan lilnnasi wabayyinatin mina alhuda waalfurqani faman shahida minkumu alshshahra falyasumhu waman kana mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun min ayyamin okhara yureedu Allahu bikumu alyusra wala yureedu bikumu alAAusra walitukmiloo alAAiddata walitukabbiroo Allaha AAala ma hadakum walaAAallakum tashkuroona\n185. Ramadh\u0101n is the (month)\n In which was sent down\n The Qur-\u0101n, as a guide\n To mankind, also clear (Signs)\n For guidance and judgment\n (Between right and wrong).\n So every one of you\n Who is present (at his home)\n During that month\n Should spend it in fasting,\n But if any one is ill,\n Or on a journey,\n The prescribed period\n (Should be made up)\n By days later.\n God intends every facility\n For you; He does not want\n To put you to difficulties.\n (He wants you) to complete\n The prescribed period,\n And to glorify Him\n In that He has guided you;\n And perchance ye shall be grateful.\n186. Wa-itha saalaka AAibadee AAannee fa-innee qareebun ojeebu daAAwata alddaAAi itha daAAani falyastajeeboo lee walyu/minoo bee laAAallahum yarshudoona\n186. When My servants\n Ask thee concerning Me,\n I am indeed\n Close (to them): I listen\n To the prayer of every\n Suppliant when he calleth on Me:\n Let them also, with a will,\n Listen to My call,\n And believe in Me:\n That they may walk\n In the right way.\n187. Ohilla lakum laylata alssiyami alrrafathu ila nisa-ikum hunna libasun lakum waantum libasun lahunna AAalima Allahu annakum kuntum takhtanoona anfusakum fataba AAalaykum waAAafa AAankum faal-ana bashiroohunna waibtaghoo ma kataba Allahu lakum wakuloo waishraboo hatta yatabayyana lakumu alkhaytu al-abyadu mina alkhayti al-aswadi mina alfajri thumma atimmoo alssiyama ila allayli wala tubashiroohunna waantum AAakifoona fee almasajidi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taqrabooha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu ayatihi lilnnasi laAAallahum yattaqoona\n187. Permitted to you,\n On the night of the fasts,\n Is the approach to your wives.\n They are your garments\nAnd ye are their garments.\n God knoweth what ye\n Used to do secretly among yourselves;\n But He turned to you\n And forgave you;\n So now associate with them,\n And seek what God\n Hath ordained for you,\n And eat and drink,\n Until the white thread\n Of dawn appear to you\n Distinct from its black thread;\n Then complete your fast\n Till the night appears;\n But do not associate\n With your wives\n While ye are in retreat\n In the mosques. Those are\n Limits (set by) God:\n Approach not nigh thereto.\n Thus doth God make clear\n His Signs to men: that\n They may learn self-restraint.\n188. Wala ta/kuloo amwalakum baynakum bialbatili watudloo biha ila alhukkami lita/kuloo fareeqan min amwali alnnasi bial-ithmi waantum taAAlamoona\n188. And do not eat up\n Your property among yourselves\n For vanities, nor use it\n As bait for the judges,\n With intent that ye may\n Eat up wrongfully and knowingly\nA little of (other) people's property.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.: Section...","type":"page"}