Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:183

2:183

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kutiba ʿalaykumu l-ṣiyāmu kamā kutiba ʿalā alladhīna min qablikum laʿallakum tattaqūna

O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -

— Saheeh International

You who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may be mindful of God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
كُتِبَkutibaIs prescribed
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
ٱلصِّيَامُl-ṣiyāmu[the] fasting
كَمَاkamāas
كُتِبَkutibawas prescribed
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous