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Home en Surah Al Baqarah ayat 183 Translation Tafsir

اَلْبَقَرَة

Al Baqarah

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یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا كُتِبَ عَلَیْكُمُ الصِّیَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُوْنَ(183)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

O you who believe! Fasting was made incumbent upon you,[1] as it was made incumbent upon those who preceded you that you may become pious.

Commentary

[1]

This verse states the obligation of fasting in Islam. In Islamic Law, fasting is to refrain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse from dawn (when Fajr begins) until sunset with the actual intention of fasting.