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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 223of 286

نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌۭ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَٰقُوهُ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allah and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.

Word-by-word meaning

نِسَآؤُكُمْnisāukumYour wives
حَرْثٌۭḥarthun(are) a tilth
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
فَأْتُوا۟fatūso come
حَرْثَكُمْḥarthakum(to) your tilth
أَنَّىٰannāwhen
شِئْتُمْ ۖshi'tumyou wish
وَقَدِّمُوا۟waqaddimūand send forth (good deeds)
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚli-anfusikumfor yourselves
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd be conscious
ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
أَنَّكُمannakumthat you
مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗmulāqūhu(will) meet Him
وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Women is prohibitedImam Ahmad recorded that Anas said that the Jews used to avoid their menstruating women, they would not eat, or even mingle with them in the house. The Companions of the Prophet asked about this matter and Allah revealed:وَيَسْـَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُواْ النِّسَآءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلاَ تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَ(They ask you concerning menstruation.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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