The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:187
أُحِلَّ
لَكُمْ
لَيْلَةَ
الصِّيَامِ
الرَّفَثُ
إِلَى
نِسَائِكُمْ
هُنَّ
لِبَاسٌ
لَّكُمْ
وَأَنتُمْ
لِبَاسٌ
لَّهُنَّ
عَلِمَ
اللَّهُ
أَنَّكُمْ
كُنتُمْ
تَخْتَانُونَ
أَنفُسَكُمْ
فَتَابَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَعَفَا
عَنكُمْ
فَالْآنَ
بَاشِرُوهُنَّ
وَابْتَغُوا
مَا
كَتَبَ
اللَّهُ
لَكُمْ
وَكُلُوا
وَاشْرَبُوا
حَتَّى
يَتَبَيَّنَ
لَكُمُ
الْخَيْطُ
الْأَبْيَضُ
مِنَ
الْخَيْطِ
الْأَسْوَدِ
مِنَ
الْفَجْرِ
ثُمَّ
أَتِمُّوا
الصِّيَامَ
إِلَى
اللَّيْلِ
وَلَا
تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ
وَأَنتُمْ
عَاكِفُونَ
فِي
الْمَسَاجِدِ
تِلْكَ
حُدُودُ
اللَّهِ
فَلَا
تَقْرَبُوهَا
كَذَلِكَ
يُبَيِّنُ
اللَّهُ
آيَاتِهِ
لِلنَّاسِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَّقُونَ
ʾuḥilla lakum laylata ṣ-ṣiyāmi r-rafathu ʾilā nisāʾikum hunna libāsun lakum wa-ʾantum libāsun lahunna ʿalima llāhu ʾannakum kuntum takhtānūna ʾanfusakum fa-tāba ʿalaykum wa-ʿafā ʿankum fa-l-ʾāna bāshirūhunna wa-btaghū mā kataba llāhu lakum wa-kulū wa-shrabū ḥattā yatabayyana lakumu l-khayṭu l-ʾabyaḍu mina l-khayṭi l-ʾaswadi mina l-fajri thumma ʾatimmū ṣ-ṣiyāma ʾilā l-layli wa-lā tubāshirūhunna wa-ʾantum ʿākifūna fī l-masājidi tilka ḥudūdu llāhi fa-lā taqrabūhā ka-dhālika yubayyinu llāhu ʾāyātihī li-n-nāsi laʿallahum yattaqūna
It is made lawful for you, during the nights of fasting, to have carnal relations with your wives. They are your garments and you are their garments. God knew that you were deceiving yourselves. He relented towards you and forgave you. Now it is lawful for you to have carnal relations with your wives and follow what God has commanded. Eat and drink until the white streak of dawn becomes distinguishable from darkness. Complete your fast, starting from dawn to dusk. It is not lawful to have carnal relations with your wives during i'tikaf in the mosque. Such are the limits of the laws of God. Do not come close to transgressing them. Thus has God explained His evidence to men so that perhaps they will have fear of God.
