The Pleading
58. Al-Mujādilah
المجادلة
Page #542
58:4
فَمَن
لَّمْ
يَجِدْ
فَصِيَامُ
شَهْرَيْنِ
مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
يَتَمَاسَّا
فَمَن
لَّمْ
يَسْتَطِعْ
فَإِطْعَامُ
سِتِّينَ
مِسْكِينًا
ذَلِكَ
لِتُؤْمِنُوا
بِاللَّهِ
وَرَسُولِهِ
وَتِلْكَ
حُدُودُ
اللَّهِ
وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌ
fa-man lam yajid fa-ṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni min qabli ʾan yatamāssā fa-man lam yastaṭiʿ fa-ʾiṭʿāmu sittīna miskīnan dhālika li-tuʾminū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-tilka ḥudūdu llāhi wa-li-l-kāfirīna ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
And if any has not (the wherewithal), he should fast for two months consecutively before they touch each other. But if any is unable to do so, he should feed sixty indigent ones, this, that ye may show your faith in Allah and His Messenger. Those are limits (set by) Allah. For those who reject (Him), there is a grievous Penalty.
— Abdullah Yusufali
He who cannot afford [to free a slave] shall fast for two successive months before they may touch each other. If he cannot [do so], he shall feed sixty needy persons. This, that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle. These are Allah’s bounds, and there is a painful punishment for the faithless.
