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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 187

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احل لكم ليلة الصيام الرفث الى نسائكم هن لباس لكم وانتم لباس لهن علم الله انكم كنتم تختانون انفسكم فتاب عليكم وعفا عنكم فالان باشروهن وابتغوا ما كتب الله لكم وكلوا واشربوا حتى يتبين لكم الخيط الابيض من الخيط الاسود من الفجر ثم اتموا الصيام الى الليل ولا تباشروهن وانتم عاكفون في المساجد تلك حدود الله فلا تقربوها كذلك يبين الله اياته للناس لعلهم يتقون

Permitted to you, On the night of the fasts, Is the approach to your wives. They are your garments And ye are their garments. God knoweth what ye Used to do secretly among yourselves; But He turned to you And forgave you; So now associate with them, And seek what God Hath ordained for you, And eat and drink, Until the white thread Of dawn appear to you Distinct from its black thread; Then complete your fast Till the night appears; But do not associate With your wives While ye are in retreat In the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) God: Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth God make clear His Signs to men: that They may learn self-restraint.

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  • Verse 187 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 29

Word by word

  1. أُحِلَّPermitteduḥilla
  2. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  3. لَيْلَةَ(in the) nightslaylata
  4. ٱلصِّيَامِ(of) fastingl-ṣiyāmi
  5. ٱلرَّفَثُ(is) the approachl-rafathu
  6. إِلَىٰtoilā
  7. نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚyour wivesnisāikum
  8. هُنَّTheyhunna
  9. لِبَاسٌۭ(are) garmentslibāsun
  10. لَّكُمْfor youlakum
  11. وَأَنتُمْand youwa-antum
  12. لِبَاسٌۭ(are) garmentslibāsun
  13. لَّهُنَّ ۗfor themlahunna
  14. عَلِمَKnowsʿalima
  15. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  16. أَنَّكُمْthat youannakum
  17. كُنتُمْused tokuntum
  18. تَخْتَانُونَdeceivetakhtānūna
  19. أَنفُسَكُمْyourselvesanfusakum
  20. فَتَابَso He turnedfatāba
  21. عَلَيْكُمْtowards youʿalaykum
  22. وَعَفَاand He forgavewaʿafā
  23. عَنكُمْ ۖ[on] youʿankum
  24. فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَSo nowfal-āna
  25. بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّhave relations with thembāshirūhunna
  26. وَٱبْتَغُوا۟and seekwa-ib'taghū
  27. مَاwhatmā
  28. كَتَبَhas ordainedkataba
  29. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  30. لَكُمْ ۚfor youlakum
  31. وَكُلُوا۟And eatwakulū
  32. وَٱشْرَبُوا۟and drinkwa-ish'rabū
  33. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  34. يَتَبَيَّنَbecomes distinctyatabayyana
  35. لَكُمُto youlakumu
  36. ٱلْخَيْطُthe threadl-khayṭu
  37. ٱلْأَبْيَضُ[the] whitel-abyaḍu
  38. مِنَfrommina
  39. ٱلْخَيْطِthe threadl-khayṭi
  40. ٱلْأَسْوَدِ[the] blackl-aswadi
  41. مِنَofmina
  42. ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ[the] dawnl-fajri
  43. ثُمَّThenthumma
  44. أَتِمُّوا۟completeatimmū
  45. ٱلصِّيَامَthe fastl-ṣiyāma
  46. إِلَىtillilā
  47. ٱلَّيْلِ ۚthe nightal-layli
  48. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  49. تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّhave relations with themtubāshirūhunna
  50. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  51. عَـٰكِفُونَ(are) secludedʿākifūna
  52. فِىinfī
  53. ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗthe masajidl-masājidi
  54. تِلْكَThesetil'ka
  55. حُدُودُ(are the) limitsḥudūdu
  56. ٱللَّهِ(set by) Allahl-lahi
  57. فَلَاso (do) notfalā
  58. تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗapproach themtaqrabūhā
  59. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  60. يُبَيِّنُmakes clearyubayyinu
  61. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  62. ءَايَـٰتِهِۦHis versesāyātihi
  63. لِلنَّاسِfor [the] peoplelilnnāsi
  64. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  65. يَتَّقُونَ(become) righteousyattaqūna

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