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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 183of 286

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٨٣

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
كُتِبَkutibaIs prescribed
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
ٱلصِّيَامُl-ṣiyāmu[the] fasting
كَمَاkamāas
كُتِبَkutibawas prescribed
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Order to FastIn an address to the believers of this Ummah, Allah ordered them to fast, that is, to abstain from food, drink and sexual activity with the intention of doing so sincerely for Allah the Exalted alone. This is because fasting purifies the souls and cleanses them from the evil that might mix with them and their ill behavior.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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