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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerse 187
1 verseAl-Baqarah 187
اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ اِلٰى نِسَٓائِكُمْۜ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْۚ فَالْـٰٔنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْۖ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْاَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْاَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِۖ ثُمَّ اَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ اِلَى الَّيْلِۚ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَاَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَۙ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ١٨٧
Mushaf
Transliteration
187Üḥille leküm leylete-ṣṣiyâmi-rrafeŝü ilâ nisâiküm. hünne libâsül leküm veentüm libâsül lehünn. ʿalime-llâhü enneküm küntüm taḫtânûne enfüseküm fetâbe ʿaleyküm veʿafâ ʿanküm. felʾâne bâşirûhünne vebtegû mâ ketebe-llâhü leküm. vekülû veşrabû ḥattâ yetebeyyene lekümü-lḫayṭu-lʾebyeḍu mine-lḫayṭi-lʾesvedi mine-lfecr. ŝümme etimmu-ṣṣiyâme ile-lleyl. velâ tübâşirûhünne veentüm ʿâkifûne fi-lmesâcid. tilke ḥudûdü-llâhi felâ taḳrabûhâ. keẕâlike yübeyyinü-llâhü âyâtihî linnâsi leʿallehüm yetteḳûn.
English Translation
187It has been made lawful for you to approach your wives on the night of the fast. They are a cover of chastity for you, and you are a cover of chastity for them. Allah knew that you were putting yourselves under hardship, so He released you from these hardships and lifted them from you. So now approach them and enjoy what Allah has made lawful for you. Eat and drink until the white line of dawn becomes fully distinguishable to you from the black line; then complete the fast until night (until the sun sets). Do not approach your wives during the days you are in i'tikaf (retreat) in the mosques. Thus Allah makes His verses clear to people, so that they may guard themselves against evil.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.