The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:189
يَسْأَلُونَكَ
عَنِ
الْأَهِلَّةِ
قُلْ
هِيَ
مَوَاقِيتُ
لِلنَّاسِ
وَالْحَجِّ
وَلَيْسَ
الْبِرُّ
بِأَن
تَأْتُوا
الْبُيُوتَ
مِن
ظُهُورِهَا
وَلَكِنَّ
الْبِرَّ
مَنِ
اتَّقَى
وَأْتُوا
الْبُيُوتَ
مِنْ
أَبْوَابِهَا
وَاتَّقُوا
اللَّهَ
لَعَلَّكُمْ
تُفْلِحُونَ
yasʾalūnaka ʿani l-ʾahillati qul hiya mawāqītu li-n-nāsi wa-l-ḥajji wa-laysa l-birru bi-ʾan taʾtū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā wa-lākinna l-birra mani ttaqā wa-ʾtū l-buyūta min ʾabwābihā wa-ttaqū llāha laʿallakum tufliḥūna
(Muhammad), they ask you about the different phases of the moon. Tell them that they are there to indicate to people the phases of time and the pilgrimage season. It is not a righteous act to enter houses from the back. Righteousness is to be pious and enter the houses from the front door. Have fear of God so that perhaps you will have lasting happiness.
