Quran 2:223 — Al-Baqara, verse 223
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your wives are your fields, so go into your fields whichever way you like,and send [something good] ahead for yourselves. Be mindful of God: remember that you will meet Him.’ [Prophet], give good news to the believers.
نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ مُلَاقُوهُ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
nisāukum ḥarthun lakum fatū ḥarthakum annā shi'tum waqaddimū li-anfusikum wa-ittaqū l-laha wa-iʿ'lamū annakum mulāqūhu wabashiri l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Your women are a tillage for you; so come unto your tillage as you wish, and forward for your souls; and fear God, and know that you shall meet Him. Give thou good tidings to the believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Your wives are your tilth; go, then, unto your tilth as you may desire, but first provide something for your souls, and remain conscious of God, and know that you are destined to meet Him. And give glad tidings unto those who believe.
- Sahih International
- Your wives are a place of cultivation [i.e., sowing of seed] for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allāh and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نِسَآؤُكُمْnisāukum | Your wives | نسو |
| 2 | حَرْثٌۭḥarthun | (are) a tilth | حرث |
| 3 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 4 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | so come | أتي |
| 5 | حَرْثَكُمْḥarthakum | (to) your tilth | حرث |
| 6 | أَنَّىٰannā | when | أني |
| 7 | شِئْتُمْ ۖshi'tum | you wish | شيأ |
| 8 | وَقَدِّمُوا۟waqaddimū | and send forth (good deeds) | قدم |
| 9 | لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚli-anfusikum | for yourselves | نفس |
| 10 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And be conscious | وقي |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (of) Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamū | and know | علم |
| 13 | أَنَّكُمannakum | that you | — |
| 14 | مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗmulāqūhu | (will) meet Him | لقي |
| 15 | وَبَشِّرِwabashiri | And give glad tidings | بشر |
| 16 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | (to) the believers | أمن |