Surah Al-Mujadila (المجادلة) • The Pleading Woman

Quran 58:4

58:4

فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

faman lam yajid faṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni min qabli an yatamāssā faman lam yastaṭiʿ fa-iṭ'ʿāmu sittīna mis'kīnan dhālika litu'minū bil-lahi warasūlihi watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi walil'kāfirīna ʿadhābun alīmun

And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allāh and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

— Saheeh International

but anyone who does not have the means should fast continuously for two months before they touch each other, and anyone unable to do this should feed sixty needy people. This is so that you may [truly] have faith in God and His Messenger. These are the bounds set by God: grievous torment awaits those who ignore them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he who finds not (the money for freeing a slave) must fast two successive months before they both touch each other. And he who is unable to do so, should feed sixty Miskîns (poor). That is in order that you may have perfect Faith in Allâh and His Messenger. These are the limits set by Allâh. And for disbelievers, there is a painful torment.

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

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فَمَنfamanThen whoever
لَّمْlam(does) not
يَجِدْyajidfind
فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen fasting
شَهْرَيْنِshahrayni(for) two months
مُتَتَابِعَيْنِmutatābiʿayniconsecutively
مِنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَتَمَآسَّاۖyatamāssāthey both touch each other
فَمَنfamanBut (he) who
لَّمْlamnot
يَسْتَطِعْyastaṭiʿis able
فَإِطْعَامُfa-iṭ'ʿāmuthen (the) feeding
سِتِّينَsittīna(of) sixty
مِسْكِينًۭاۚmis'kīnanneedy one(s)
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minūso that you may believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦۚwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaand these
حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaand for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful