The Pleading
58. Al-Mujādilah
المجادلة
al-Mujādilah (The Pleader)
ٱلْمُجَادِلَة
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
If one cannot set free a slave, he must fast for two consecutive months, and only then can he have lawful carnal relations. If this is also not possible, he must feed sixty destitute people. This is the command of God, so that perhaps you will have faith in God and His Messenger. Such are the Laws of God, and those who disbelieve them will suffer a painful torment.
