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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 185of 286

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًۭى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍۢ فَعِدَّةٌۭ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴿١٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

Word-by-word meaning

شَهْرُshahruMonth
رَمَضَانَramaḍāna(of) Ramadhaan
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) that
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
فِيهِfīhitherein
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
هُدًۭىhudana Guidance
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍۢwabayyinātinand clear proofs
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā[the] Guidance
وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚwal-fur'qāniand the Criterion
فَمَنfamanSo whoever
شَهِدَshahidawitnesses
مِنكُمُminkumuamong you
ٱلشَّهْرَl-shahrathe month
فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖfalyaṣum'huthen he should fast in it
وَمَنwamanand whoever
كَانَkānais
مَرِيضًاmarīḍansick
أَوْawor
عَلَىٰʿalāon
سَفَرٍۢsafarina journey
فَعِدَّةٌۭfaʿiddatunthen prescribed number (should be made up)
مِّنْminfrom
أَيَّامٍayyāmindays
أُخَرَ ۗukharaother
يُرِيدُyurīduIntends
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلْيُسْرَl-yus'ra[the] ease
وَلَاwalāand not
يُرِيدُyurīduintends
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلْعُسْرَl-ʿus'ra[the] hardship
وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟walituk'milūso that you complete
ٱلْعِدَّةَl-ʿidatathe prescribed period
وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟walitukabbirūand that you magnify
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
مَا[what]
هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe guided you
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumso that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna(be) grateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtue of Ramadan and the Revelation of the Qur'an in it.Allah praised the month of Ramadan out of the other months by choosing it to send down the Glorious Qur'an, just as He did for all of the Divine Books He revealed to the Prophets.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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