Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 6
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَـٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
- إِذَاidhāWhen
- قُمْتُمْqum'tumyou stand up
- إِلَىilāfor
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
- فَٱغْسِلُوا۟fa-igh'silūthen wash
- وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
- وَأَيْدِيَكُمْwa-aydiyakumand your hands
- إِلَىilātill
- ٱلْمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
- وَٱمْسَحُوا۟wa-im'saḥūand wipe
- بِرُءُوسِكُمْbiruūsikumyour heads
- وَأَرْجُلَكُمْwa-arjulakumand your feet
- إِلَىilātill
- ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
- وَإِنwa-inBut if
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- جُنُبًۭاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
- فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚfa-iṭṭahharūthen purify yourselves
- وَإِنwa-inBut if
- كُنتُمkuntumyou are
- مَّرْضَىٰٓmarḍāill
- أَوْawor
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- سَفَرٍsafarina journey
- أَوْawor
- جَآءَjāahas come
- أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
- مِّنكُمminkumof you
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْغَآئِطِl-ghāiṭithe toilet
- أَوْawor
- لَـٰمَسْتُمُlāmastumuhas (had) contact
- ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa(with) the women
- فَلَمْfalamand not
- تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
- مَآءًۭmāanwater
- فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟fatayammamūthen do tayyammum
- صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdan(with) earth
- طَيِّبًۭاṭayyibanclean
- فَٱمْسَحُوا۟fa-im'saḥūthen wipe
- بِوُجُوهِكُمْbiwujūhikumyour faces
- وَأَيْدِيكُمwa-aydīkumand your hands
- مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huwith it
- مَاmāDoes not
- يُرِيدُyurīduintend
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لِيَجْعَلَliyajʿalato make
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumfor you
- مِّنْminany
- حَرَجٍۢḥarajindifficulty
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- يُرِيدُyurīduHe intends
- لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْliyuṭahhirakumto purify you
- وَلِيُتِمَّwaliyutimmaand to complete
- نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis Favor
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna(be) grateful
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