Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:185

2:185

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

shahru ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-qur'ānu hudan lilnnāsi wabayyinātin mina l-hudā wal-fur'qāni faman shahida minkumu l-shahra falyaṣum'hu waman kāna marīḍan aw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ayyāmin ukhara yurīdu l-lahu bikumu l-yus'ra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʿus'ra walituk'milū l-ʿidata walitukabbirū l-laha ʿalā mā hadākum walaʿallakum tashkurūna

The month of Ramaḍān [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’ān, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the crescent of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allāh intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

— Saheeh International

It was in the month of Ramadan that the Quran was revealed as guidance for mankind, clear messages giving guidance and distinguishing between right and wrong. So any one of you who is present that month should fast, and anyone who is ill or on a journey should make up for the lost days by fasting on other days later. God wants ease for you, not hardship. He wants you to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him for having guided you, so that you may be thankful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’ân, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Saum (fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Saum (fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allâh intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allâh [i.e. to say Takbîr (Allâhu Akbar; Allâh is the Most Great] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him.

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

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Word by Word

شَهْرُshahruMonth
رَمَضَانَramaḍāna(of) Ramadhaan
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) that
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
فِيهِfīhitherein
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
هُدًۭىhudana Guidance
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍۢwabayyinātinand clear proofs
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā[the] Guidance
وَٱلْفُرْقَانِۚwal-fur'qāniand the Criterion
فَمَنfamanSo whoever
شَهِدَshahidawitnesses
مِنكُمُminkumuamong you
ٱلشَّهْرَl-shahrathe month
فَلْيَصُمْهُۖfalyaṣum'huthen he should fast in it
وَمَنwamanand whoever
كَانَkānais
مَرِيضًاmarīḍansick
أَوْawor
عَلَىٰʿalāon
سَفَرٍۢsafarina journey
فَعِدَّةٌۭfaʿiddatunthen prescribed number (should be made up)
مِّنْminfrom
أَيَّامٍayyāmindays
أُخَرَۗukharaother
يُرِيدُyurīduIntends
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلْيُسْرَl-yus'ra[the] ease
وَلَاwalāand not
يُرِيدُyurīduintends
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلْعُسْرَl-ʿus'ra[the] hardship
وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟walituk'milūso that you complete
ٱلْعِدَّةَl-ʿidatathe prescribed period
وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟walitukabbirūand that you magnify
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
مَاmā[what]
هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe guided you
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumso that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna(be) grateful