Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:189

2:189

۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

yasalūnaka ʿani l-ahilati qul hiya mawāqītu lilnnāsi wal-ḥaji walaysa l-biru bi-an tatū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-bira mani ittaqā watū l-buyūta min abwābihā wa-ittaqū l-laha laʿallakum tuf'liḥūna

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allāh. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allāh that you may succeed.

— Saheeh International

They ask you [Prophet] about crescent moons. Say, ‘They show the times appointed for people, and for the pilgrimage.’ Goodness does not consist of entering houses by the back [door]; the truly good person is the one who is mindful of God. So enter your houses by their [main] doors and be mindful of God so that you may prosper.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage. It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness) that you enter the houses from the back but Al-Birr (is the quality of the one) who fears Allâh. So enter houses through their proper doors, and fear Allâh that you may be successful.

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

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۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْأَهِلَّةِۖl-ahilatithe new moons
قُلْqulSay
هِىَhiyaThey
مَوَٰقِيتُmawāqītu(are) indicators of periods
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people
وَٱلْحَجِّۗwal-ḥajiand (for) the Hajj
وَلَيْسَwalaysaAnd it is not
ٱلْبِرُّl-biru[the] righteousness
بِأَنbi-anthat
تَأْتُوا۟tatūyou come
ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta(to) the houses
مِنminfrom
ظُهُورِهَاẓuhūrihātheir backs
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
ٱلْبِرَّl-bira[the] righteous
مَنِmani(is one) who
ٱتَّقَىٰۗittaqāfears (Allah)
وَأْتُوا۟watūAnd come
ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta(to) the houses
مِنْminfrom
أَبْوَٰبِهَاۚabwābihātheir doors
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna(be) successful