Quran 2:189 — Al-Baqara, verse 189
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They ask you [Prophet] about crescent moons. Say, ‘They show the times appointed for people, and for the pilgrimage.’ Goodness does not consist of entering houses by the back [door]; the truly good person is the one who is mindful of God. So enter your houses by their [main] doors and be mindful of God so that you may prosper.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِأَنْ تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
yasalūnaka ʿani l-ahilati qul hiya mawāqītu lilnnāsi wal-ḥaji walaysa l-biru bi-an tatū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-bira mani ittaqā watū l-buyūta min abwābihā wa-ittaqū l-laha laʿallakum tuf'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They will question thee concerning the new moons. Say: 'They are appointed times for the people, and the Pilgrimage.' It is not piety to come to the houses from the backs of them; but piety is to be godfearing; so come to the houses by their doors, and fear God; haply so you will prosper.
- Muhammad Asad
- THEY WILL ASK thee about the new moons. Say: "They indicate the periods for [various doings of] mankind, including the pilgrimage." However, piety does not consist in your entering houses from the rear, [as it were,] but truly pious is he who is conscious of God. Hence, enter houses through their doors, and remain conscious of God, so that you might attain to a happy state.
- Sahih International
- They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allāh. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allāh that you may succeed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnaka | They ask you | سأل |
| 2 | عَنِʿani | about | — |
| 3 | ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖl-ahilati | the new moons | هلل |
| 4 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 5 | هِىَhiya | They | — |
| 6 | مَوَٰقِيتُmawāqītu | (are) indicators of periods | وقت |
| 7 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for the people | نوس |
| 8 | وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗwal-ḥaji | and (for) the Hajj | حجج |
| 9 | وَلَيْسَwalaysa | And it is not | ليس |
| 10 | ٱلْبِرُّl-biru | [the] righteousness | برر |
| 11 | بِأَنbi-an | that | — |
| 12 | تَأْتُوا۟tatū | you come | أتي |
| 13 | ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta | (to) the houses | بيت |
| 14 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 15 | ظُهُورِهَاẓuhūrihā | their backs | ظهر |
| 16 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [and] but | — |
| 17 | ٱلْبِرَّl-bira | [the] righteous | برر |
| 18 | مَنِmani | (is one) who | — |
| 19 | ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗittaqā | fears (Allah) | وقي |
| 20 | وَأْتُوا۟watū | And come | أتي |
| 21 | ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta | (to) the houses | بيت |
| 22 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 23 | أَبْوَٰبِهَا ۚabwābihā | their doors | بوب |
| 24 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And fear | وقي |
| 25 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 26 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 27 | تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna | (be) successful | فلح |