Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:43

4:43

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنتُمْ سُكَـٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَعْلَمُوا۟ مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِى سَبِيلٍ حَتَّىٰ تَغْتَسِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَـٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā taqrabū l-ṣalata wa-antum sukārā ḥattā taʿlamū mā taqūlūna walā junuban illā ʿābirī sabīlin ḥattā taghtasilū wa-in kuntum marḍā aw ʿalā safarin aw jāa aḥadun minkum mina l-ghāiṭi aw lāmastumu l-nisāa falam tajidū māan fatayammamū ṣaʿīdan ṭayyiban fa-im'saḥū biwujūhikum wa-aydīkum inna l-laha kāna ʿafuwwan ghafūran

O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janābah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women [i.e., had sexual intercourse] and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, do not come anywhere near the prayer if you are intoxicated, not until you know what you are saying; nor if you are in a state of major ritual impurity- though you may pass through the mosque- not until you have bathed; if you are ill, on a journey, have relieved yourselves, or had intercourse, and cannot find any water, then find some clean sand and wipe your faces and hands with it. God is always ready to pardon and forgive.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Approach not As-Salât (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state until you know (the meaning) of what you utter, nor when you are in a state of Janâba ,(i.e. in a state of sexual impurity and have not yet taken a bath) except when travelling on the road (without enough water, or just passing through a mosque), till you wash your whole body. And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (by sexual relations) and you find no water, perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands (Tayammum). Truly, Allâh is Ever Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
لَاlā(Do) not
تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
سُكَـٰرَىٰsukārā(are) intoxicated
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَعْلَمُوا۟taʿlamūyou know
مَاmāwhat
تَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou are saying
وَلَاwalāand not
جُنُبًاjunuban(when you are) impure
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَابِرِىʿābirī(when) passing
سَبِيلٍsabīlin(through) a way
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَغْتَسِلُوا۟ۚtaghtasilūyou have bathed
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مَّرْضَىٰٓmarḍāill
أَوْawor
عَلَىٰʿalāon
سَفَرٍsafarina journey
أَوْawor
جَآءَjāacame
أَحَدٌۭaḥadunone
مِّنكُمminkumof you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْغَآئِطِl-ghāiṭithe toilet
أَوْawor
لَـٰمَسْتُمُlāmastumuyou have touched
ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
فَلَمْfalamand not
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟fatayammamūthen do tayammum
صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdan(with) earth
طَيِّبًۭاṭayyibanclean
فَٱمْسَحُوا۟fa-im'saḥūand wipe (with it)
بِوُجُوهِكُمْbiwujūhikumyour faces
وَأَيْدِيكُمْۗwa-aydīkumand your hands
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَفُوًّاʿafuwwanOft-Pardoning
غَفُورًاghafūranOft-Forgiving