Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:223

2:223

نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

nisāukum ḥarthun lakum fatū ḥarthakum annā shi'tum waqaddimū li-anfusikum wa-ittaqū l-laha wa-iʿ'lamū annakum mulāqūhu wabashiri l-mu'minīna

Your wives are a place of cultivation [i.e., sowing of seed] for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allāh and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.

— Saheeh International

Your wives are your fields, so go into your fields whichever way you like,and send [something good] ahead for yourselves. Be mindful of God: remember that you will meet Him.’ [Prophet], give good news to the believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will, and send (good deeds, or ask Allâh to bestow upon you pious offspring) for your ownselves beforehand. And fear Allâh, and know that you are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give good tidings to the believers (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)

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

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Word by Word

نِسَآؤُكُمْnisāukumYour wives
حَرْثٌۭḥarthun(are) a tilth
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
فَأْتُوا۟fatūso come
حَرْثَكُمْḥarthakum(to) your tilth
أَنَّىٰannāwhen
شِئْتُمْۖshi'tumyou wish
وَقَدِّمُوا۟waqaddimūand send forth (good deeds)
لِأَنفُسِكُمْۚli-anfusikumfor yourselves
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd be conscious
ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
أَنَّكُمannakumthat you
مُّلَـٰقُوهُۗmulāqūhu(will) meet Him
وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers