Quran 2:185 — Al-Baqara, verse 185
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was in the month of Ramadan that the Quran was revealed as guidance for mankind, clear messages giving guidance and distinguishing between right and wrong. So any one of you who is present that month should fast, and anyone who is ill or on a journey should make up for the lost days by fasting on other days later. God wants ease for you, not hardship. He wants you to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him for having guided you, so that you may be thankful.
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
shahru ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-qur'ānu hudan lilnnāsi wabayyinātin mina l-hudā wal-fur'qāni faman shahida minkumu l-shahra falyaṣum'hu waman kāna marīḍan aw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ayyāmin ukhara yurīdu l-lahu bikumu l-yus'ra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʿus'ra walituk'milū l-ʿidata walitukabbirū l-laha ʿalā mā hadākum walaʿallakum tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- the month of Ramadan, wherein the Koran was sent down to be a guidance to the people, and as clear signs of the Guidance and the Salvation. So let those of you, who are present at the month, fast it; and if any of you be sick, or if he be on a journey, then a number of other days; God desires ease for you, and desires not hardship for you; and that you fulfil the number, and magnify God that He has guided you, and haply you will be thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was [first] bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and a self-evident proof of that guidance, and as the standard by which to discern the true from the false. Hence, whoever of you lives to see this month shall fast throughout it; but he that is ill, or on a journey, [shall fast instead for the same] number of other days. God wills that you shall have ease, and does not will you to suffer hardship; but [He desires] that you complete the number [of days required], and that you extol God for His having guided you aright, and that you render your thanks [unto Him].
- Sahih International
- The month of Ramaḍān [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’ān, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the crescent of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allāh intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | شَهْرُshahru | Month | شهر |
| 2 | رَمَضَانَramaḍāna | (of) Ramadhaan | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | (is) that | — |
| 4 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 5 | فِيهِfīhi | therein | — |
| 6 | ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānu | the Quran | قرأ |
| 7 | هُدًۭىhudan | a Guidance | هدي |
| 8 | لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for mankind | نوس |
| 9 | وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍۢwabayyinātin | and clear proofs | بين |
| 10 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā | [the] Guidance | هدي |
| 12 | وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚwal-fur'qāni | and the Criterion | فرق |
| 13 | فَمَنfaman | So whoever | — |
| 14 | شَهِدَshahida | witnesses | شهد |
| 15 | مِنكُمُminkumu | among you | — |
| 16 | ٱلشَّهْرَl-shahra | the month | شهر |
| 17 | فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖfalyaṣum'hu | then he should fast in it | صوم |
| 18 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 19 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 20 | مَرِيضًاmarīḍan | sick | مرض |
| 21 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 22 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 23 | سَفَرٍۢsafarin | a journey | سفر |
| 24 | فَعِدَّةٌۭfaʿiddatun | then prescribed number (should be made up) | عدد |
| 25 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 26 | أَيَّامٍayyāmin | days | يوم |
| 27 | أُخَرَ ۗukhara | other | أخر |
| 28 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | Intends | رود |
| 29 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 30 | بِكُمُbikumu | for you | — |
| 31 | ٱلْيُسْرَl-yus'ra | [the] ease | يسر |
| 32 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 33 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | intends | رود |
| 34 | بِكُمُbikumu | for you | — |
| 35 | ٱلْعُسْرَl-ʿus'ra | [the] hardship | عسر |
| 36 | وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟walituk'milū | so that you complete | كمل |
| 37 | ٱلْعِدَّةَl-ʿidata | the prescribed period | عدد |
| 38 | وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟walitukabbirū | and that you magnify | كبر |
| 39 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 40 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 41 | مَاmā | [what] | — |
| 42 | هَدَىٰكُمْhadākum | He guided you | هدي |
| 43 | وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 44 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | (be) grateful | شكر |