The Holy Quran 2:187 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَـٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Translation

Permission has been granted for you to have sexual relations with your wives on the nights of the fasts (an act that was previously forbidden). They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them (showing attachment and intimacy). Allaah knows well that you have been unfaithful to yourselves (by committing the sexual act on the nights of your fasts), so He turned to you (with mercy) and forgave you. So now you may have sexual relations with them and seek (through such relations) that which Allaah has destined for you (children and not merely carnal gratification). Eat and drink (throughout the night) until the white thread of (true) dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread (the night). Then (when dawn is clearly visible, stop eating and) complete the fasts until nightfall (sunset). And do not have close relations with them (your wives) while you are in I'tikaaf in the Masjid. These (laws) are the limits that Allaah has set so do not even come close to (breaking) them (let alone overstepping them). In this manner (just as He has explained all of the above to you) Allaah explains His Aayaat to people so that they attain Taqwa.

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

أباح الله لكم في ليالي شهر رمضان جماعَ نسائكم، هنَّ ستر وحفظ لكم، وأنتم ستر وحفظ لهن. علم الله أنكم كنتم تخونون أنفسكم; بمخالفة ما حرَّمه الله عليكم من مجامعة النساء بعد العشاء في ليالي الصيام -وكان ذلك في أول الإسلام-، فتاب الله عليكم ووسَّع لكم في الأمر، فالآن جامعوهن، واطلبوا ما قدَّره الله لكم من الأولاد، وكلوا واشربوا حتى يتبَيَّن ضياء الصباح من سواد…

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