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Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman)

Verse 4of 22

فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴿٤

Translation (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 Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

فَمَنfamanThen whoever
لَّمْlam(does) not
يَجِدْyajidfind
فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen fasting
شَهْرَيْنِshahrayni(for) two months
مُتَتَابِعَيْنِmutatābiʿayniconsecutively
مِنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَتَمَآسَّا ۖyatamāssāthey both touch each other
فَمَنfamanBut (he) who
لَّمْlamnot
يَسْتَطِعْyastaṭiʿis able
فَإِطْعَامُfa-iṭ'ʿāmuthen (the) feeding
سِتِّينَsittīna(of) sixty
مِسْكِينًۭا ۚmis'kīnanneedy one(s)
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minūso that you may believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaand these
حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaand for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Az-Zihar and the Atonement for It ImamAhmad recorded that Khuwaylah bint Tha`labah said, "By Allah! Allah sent down the beginning of Surat Al-Mujadilah in connection with me and `Aws bin As-Samit. He was my husband and had grown old and difficult. One day, he came to me and I argued with him about something and he said, out of anger, `You are like my mother's back to me.' He went out and sat with some of his people. Then he came back and wanted to have sexual intercourse with me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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