أُحِلَّ
لَكُمْ
لَيْلَةَ
ٱلصِّيَامِ
ٱلرَّفَثُ
إِلَىٰ
نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ
هُنَّ
لِبَاسٌۭ
لَّكُمْ
وَأَنتُمْ
لِبَاسٌۭ
لَّهُنَّ ۗ
عَلِمَ
ٱللَّهُ
أَنَّكُمْ
كُنتُمْ
تَخْتَانُونَ
أَنفُسَكُمْ
فَتَابَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَعَفَا
عَنكُمْ ۖ
فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ
بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ
وَٱبْتَغُوا۟
مَا
كَتَبَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكُمْ ۚ
وَكُلُوا۟
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟
حَتَّىٰ
يَتَبَيَّنَ
لَكُمُ
ٱلْخَيْطُ
ٱلْأَبْيَضُ
مِنَ
ٱلْخَيْطِ
ٱلْأَسْوَدِ
مِنَ
ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ
ثُمَّ
أَتِمُّوا۟
ٱلصِّيَامَ
إِلَى
ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ
وَلَا
تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ
وَأَنتُمْ
عَـٰكِفُونَ
فِى
ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ
تِلْكَ
حُدُودُ
ٱللَّهِ
فَلَا
تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يُبَيِّنُ
ٱللَّهُ
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
لِلنَّاسِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَّقُونَ
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You [believers] are permitted to lie with your wives during the night of the fast: they are [close] as garments to you, as you are to them. God was aware that you were betraying yourselves, so He turned to you in mercy and pardoned you: now you can lie with them- seek what God has ordained for you- eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct from the black. Then fast until nightfall. Do not lie with them during the nights of your devotional retreat in the mosques: these are the bounds set by God, so do not go near them. In this way God makes His messages clear to people, that they may guard themselves against doing wrong.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem