Surah Al-Mujadila, Ayah 4 (58:4)

ٱلْمُجَادِلَة

فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ …

Quran 58:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Al-Mujadila (“The Pleading Woman”), a Medinan surah of 22 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 542 of the Madani Mushaf.

58:4
فَمَنلَّمْيَجِدْفَصِيَامُشَهْرَيْنِمُتَتَابِعَيْنِمِنقَبْلِأَنيَتَمَآسَّا ۖفَمَنلَّمْيَسْتَطِعْفَإِطْعَامُسِتِّينَمِسْكِينًا ۚذَٰلِكَلِتُؤْمِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚوَتِلْكَحُدُودُٱللَّهِ ۗوَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٤
faman lam yajid faṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni min qabli an yatamāssā faman lam yastaṭiʿ fa-iṭ'ʿāmu sittīna mis'kīnan dhālika litu'minū bil-lahi warasūlihi watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi walil'kāfirīna ʿadhābun alīmun

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 Allāh and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.(4)

Word by word

  1. فَمَنfamanThen whoever
  2. لَّمْlam(does) not
  3. يَجِدْyajidfind
  4. فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen fasting
  5. شَهْرَيْنِshahrayni(for) two months
  6. مُتَتَابِعَيْنِmutatābiʿayniconsecutively
  7. مِنminbefore
  8. قَبْلِqablibefore
  9. أَنan[that]
  10. يَتَمَآسَّا ۖyatamāssāthey both touch each other
  11. فَمَنfamanBut (he) who
  12. لَّمْlamnot
  13. يَسْتَطِعْyastaṭiʿis able
  14. فَإِطْعَامُfa-iṭ'ʿāmuthen (the) feeding
  15. سِتِّينَsittīna(of) sixty
  16. مِسْكِينًا ۚmis'kīnanneedy one(s)
  17. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  18. لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minūso that you may believe
  19. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  20. وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  21. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaand these
  22. حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
  23. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaand for the disbelievers
  25. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  26. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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