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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 187

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ 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

It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allāh, so do not approach them. Thus does Allāh make clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that they may become righteous.

Al-Baqarah · 2:187

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  1. أُحِلَّuḥillaPermitted
  2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  3. لَيْلَةَlaylata(in the) nights
  4. ٱلصِّيَامِl-ṣiyāmi(of) fasting
  5. ٱلرَّفَثُl-rafathu(is) the approach
  6. إِلَىٰilāto
  7. نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚnisāikumyour wives
  8. هُنَّhunnaThey
  9. لِبَاسٌۭlibāsun(are) garments
  10. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
  11. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
  12. لِبَاسٌۭlibāsun(are) garments
  13. لَّهُنَّ ۗlahunnafor them
  14. عَلِمَʿalimaKnows
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  16. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
  17. كُنتُمْkuntumused to
  18. تَخْتَانُونَtakhtānūnadeceive
  19. أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
  20. فَتَابَfatābaso He turned
  21. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumtowards you
  22. وَعَفَاwaʿafāand He forgave
  23. عَنكُمْ ۖʿankum[on] you
  24. فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَfal-ānaSo now
  25. بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّbāshirūhunnahave relations with them
  26. وَٱبْتَغُوا۟wa-ib'taghūand seek
  27. مَاmāwhat
  28. كَتَبَkatabahas ordained
  29. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  30. لَكُمْ ۚlakumfor you
  31. وَكُلُوا۟wakulūAnd eat
  32. وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink
  33. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  34. يَتَبَيَّنَyatabayyanabecomes distinct
  35. لَكُمُlakumuto you
  36. ٱلْخَيْطُl-khayṭuthe thread
  37. ٱلْأَبْيَضُl-abyaḍu[the] white
  38. مِنَminafrom
  39. ٱلْخَيْطِl-khayṭithe thread
  40. ٱلْأَسْوَدِl-aswadi[the] black
  41. مِنَminaof
  42. ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖl-fajri[the] dawn
  43. ثُمَّthummaThen
  44. أَتِمُّوا۟atimmūcomplete
  45. ٱلصِّيَامَl-ṣiyāmathe fast
  46. إِلَىilātill
  47. ٱلَّيْلِ ۚal-laylithe night
  48. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  49. تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّtubāshirūhunnahave relations with them
  50. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  51. عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna(are) secluded
  52. فِىfīin
  53. ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗl-masājidithe masajid
  54. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
  55. حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
  56. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(set by) Allah
  57. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
  58. تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗtaqrabūhāapproach them
  59. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  60. يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
  61. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  62. ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses
  63. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] people
  64. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  65. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūna(become) righteous

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