Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 183
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu assiyamu kamakutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakumtattaqoon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
You who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may be mindful of God.
Marmaduke Pickthall
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-
Mufti Taqi Usmani
O you who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as they were enjoined upon those before you, so that you may be God-fearing,
Al-Hilali & Khan
O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Believers! Fasting is enjoined upon you, as it was enjoined upon those before you, that you become God-fearing.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God:
Rowwad · source edition
O you who believe, fasting[80] is prescribed upon you as it was prescribed upon those who were before you, so that you may become righteous.
Notes
[80] To abstain from food, drink, and sexual relations from dawn to dusk.
Noor International · source edition
(183) O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
Hilali and Khan · source edition
183. O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting)[36] is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).
Notes
[36] (V.2:183) As-Saum means fasting i.e. not to eat or drink or have sexual relations etc. from the Adhân of the Fajr (early morning) prayer till the sunset.