Quran 2:187 — Al-Baqara, verse 187
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You [believers] are permitted to lie with your wives during the night of the fast: they are [close] as garments to you, as you are to them. God was aware that you were betraying yourselves, so He turned to you in mercy and pardoned you: now you can lie with them- seek what God has ordained for you- eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct from the black. Then fast until nightfall. Do not lie with them during the nights of your devotional retreat in the mosques: these are the bounds set by God, so do not go near them. In this way God makes His messages clear to people, that they may guard themselves against doing wrong.
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَائِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْ ۖ فَالْآنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
uḥilla lakum laylata l-ṣiyāmi l-rafathu ilā nisāikum hunna libāsun lakum wa-antum libāsun lahunna ʿalima l-lahu annakum kuntum takhtānūna anfusakum fatāba ʿalaykum waʿafā ʿankum fal-āna bāshirūhunna wa-ib'taghū mā kataba l-lahu lakum wakulū wa-ish'rabū ḥattā yatabayyana lakumu l-khayṭu l-abyaḍu mina l-khayṭi l-aswadi mina l-fajri thumma atimmū l-ṣiyāma ilā al-layli walā tubāshirūhunna wa-antum ʿākifūna fī l-masājidi til'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi falā taqrabūhā kadhālika yubayyinu l-lahu āyātihi lilnnāsi laʿallahum yattaqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Permitted to you, upon the night of the Fast, is to go in to your wives; -- they are a vestment for you, and you are a vestment for them. God knows that you have been betraying yourselves, and has turned to you and pardoned you. So now lie with them, and seek what God has prescribed for you. And eat and drink, until the white thread shows clearly to you from the black thread at the dawn; then complete the Fast unto the night, and do not lie with them while you cleave to the mosques. Those are God's bounds; keep well within them. So God makes clear His signs to men; haply they will be godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT IS lawful for you to go in unto your wives during the night preceding the [day's] fast: they are as a garment for you, and you are as a garment for them. God is aware that you would have deprived yourselves of this right, and so He has turned unto you in His mercy and removed this hardship from you. Now, then, you may lie with them skin to skin, and avail yourselves of that which God has ordained for you, and eat and drink until you can discern the white streak of dawn against the blackness of night, and then resume fasting until nightfall; but do not lie with them skin to skin when you are about to abide in meditation in houses of worship. These are the bounds set by God: do not, then, offend against them - [for] it is thus that God makes clear His messages unto mankind, so that they might remain conscious of Him.
- Sahih International
- It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allāh, so do not approach them. Thus does Allāh make clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that they may become righteous.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُحِلَّuḥilla | Permitted | حلل |
| 2 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 3 | لَيْلَةَlaylata | (in the) nights | ليل |
| 4 | ٱلصِّيَامِl-ṣiyāmi | (of) fasting | صوم |
| 5 | ٱلرَّفَثُl-rafathu | (is) the approach | رفث |
| 6 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 7 | نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚnisāikum | your wives | نسو |
| 8 | هُنَّhunna | They | — |
| 9 | لِبَاسٌۭlibāsun | (are) garments | لبس |
| 10 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 11 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | and you | — |
| 12 | لِبَاسٌۭlibāsun | (are) garments | لبس |
| 13 | لَّهُنَّ ۗlahunna | for them | — |
| 14 | عَلِمَʿalima | Knows | علم |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | أَنَّكُمْannakum | that you | — |
| 17 | كُنتُمْkuntum | used to | كون |
| 18 | تَخْتَانُونَtakhtānūna | deceive | خون |
| 19 | أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 20 | فَتَابَfatāba | so He turned | توب |
| 21 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | towards you | — |
| 22 | وَعَفَاwaʿafā | and He forgave | عفو |
| 23 | عَنكُمْ ۖʿankum | [on] you | — |
| 24 | فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَfal-āna | So now | — |
| 25 | بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّbāshirūhunna | have relations with them | بشر |
| 26 | وَٱبْتَغُوا۟wa-ib'taghū | and seek | بغي |
| 27 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 28 | كَتَبَkataba | has ordained | كتب |
| 29 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 30 | لَكُمْ ۚlakum | for you | — |
| 31 | وَكُلُوا۟wakulū | And eat | أكل |
| 32 | وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabū | and drink | شرب |
| 33 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 34 | يَتَبَيَّنَyatabayyana | becomes distinct | بين |
| 35 | لَكُمُlakumu | to you | — |
| 36 | ٱلْخَيْطُl-khayṭu | the thread | خيط |
| 37 | ٱلْأَبْيَضُl-abyaḍu | [the] white | بيض |
| 38 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 39 | ٱلْخَيْطِl-khayṭi | the thread | خيط |
| 40 | ٱلْأَسْوَدِl-aswadi | [the] black | سود |
| 41 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 42 | ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖl-fajri | [the] dawn | فجر |
| 43 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 44 | أَتِمُّوا۟atimmū | complete | تمم |
| 45 | ٱلصِّيَامَl-ṣiyāma | the fast | صوم |
| 46 | إِلَىilā | till | — |
| 47 | ٱلَّيْلِ ۚal-layli | the night | ليل |
| 48 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 49 | تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّtubāshirūhunna | have relations with them | بشر |
| 50 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 51 | عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna | (are) secluded | عكف |
| 52 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 53 | ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗl-masājidi | the masajid | سجد |
| 54 | تِلْكَtil'ka | These | — |
| 55 | حُدُودُḥudūdu | (are the) limits | حدد |
| 56 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (set by) Allah | أله |
| 57 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 58 | تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗtaqrabūhā | approach them | قرب |
| 59 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 60 | يُبَيِّنُyubayyinu | makes clear | بين |
| 61 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 62 | ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihi | His verses | أيي |
| 63 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for [the] people | نوس |
| 64 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 65 | يَتَّقُونَyattaqūna | (become) righteous | وقي |