Quran 58:4 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but anyone who does not have the means should fast continuously for two months before they touch each other, and anyone unable to do this should feed sixty needy people. This is so that you may [truly] have faith in God and His Messenger. These are the bounds set by God: grievous torment awaits those who ignore them.
فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَتَمَاسَّا ۖ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ ۗ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
faman lam yajid faṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni min qabli an yatamāssā faman lam yastaṭiʿ fa-iṭ'ʿāmu sittīna mis'kīnan dhālika litu'minū bil-lahi warasūlihi watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi walil'kāfirīna ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But whosoever finds not the means, then let him fast two successive months, before the two of them touch one another. And if any man is not able to, then let him feed sixty poor persons -- that, that you may believe in God and His Messenger. Those are God's bounds; and for the unbelievers there awaits yet a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- However, he who does not have the wherewithal shall fast [instead] for two consecutive months before the couple may touch one another again; and he who is unable to do it shall feed sixty needy ones: this, so that you might prove your faith in God and His Apostle. Now these are the bounds set by God; and grievous suffering [in the life to come] awaits all who deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allāh and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَنfaman | Then whoever | — |
| 2 | لَّمْlam | (does) not | — |
| 3 | يَجِدْyajid | find | وجد |
| 4 | فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmu | then fasting | صوم |
| 5 | شَهْرَيْنِshahrayni | (for) two months | شهر |
| 6 | مُتَتَابِعَيْنِmutatābiʿayni | consecutively | تبع |
| 7 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 8 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 9 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 10 | يَتَمَآسَّا ۖyatamāssā | they both touch each other | مسس |
| 11 | فَمَنfaman | But (he) who | — |
| 12 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 13 | يَسْتَطِعْyastaṭiʿ | is able | طوع |
| 14 | فَإِطْعَامُfa-iṭ'ʿāmu | then (the) feeding | طعم |
| 15 | سِتِّينَsittīna | (of) sixty | ستت |
| 16 | مِسْكِينًۭا ۚmis'kīnan | needy one(s) | سكن |
| 17 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 18 | لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minū | so that you may believe | أمن |
| 19 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 21 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | and these | — |
| 22 | حُدُودُḥudūdu | (are the) limits | حدد |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 24 | وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīna | and for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 25 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 26 | أَلِيمٌalīmun | painful | ألم |