Surah An-Nisa, ayah 43
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنتُمْ سُكَـٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَعْلَمُوا۟ مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِى سَبِيلٍ حَتَّىٰ تَغْتَسِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَـٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا
O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janābah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women [i.e., had sexual intercourse] and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
- سُكَـٰرَىٰsukārā(are) intoxicated
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تَعْلَمُوا۟taʿlamūyou know
- مَاmāwhat
- تَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou are saying
- وَلَاwalāand not
- جُنُبًاjunuban(when you are) impure
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَابِرِىʿābirī(when) passing
- سَبِيلٍsabīlin(through) a way
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تَغْتَسِلُوا۟ ۚtaghtasilūyou have bathed
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- كُنتُمkuntumyou are
- مَّرْضَىٰٓmarḍāill
- أَوْawor
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- سَفَرٍsafarina journey
- أَوْawor
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَحَدٌۭaḥadunone
- مِّنكُمminkumof you
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْغَآئِطِl-ghāiṭithe toilet
- أَوْawor
- لَـٰمَسْتُمُlāmastumuyou have touched
- ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
- فَلَمْfalamand not
- تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
- مَآءًۭmāanwater
- فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟fatayammamūthen do tayammum
- صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdan(with) earth
- طَيِّبًۭاṭayyibanclean
- فَٱمْسَحُوا۟fa-im'saḥūand wipe (with it)
- بِوُجُوهِكُمْbiwujūhikumyour faces
- وَأَيْدِيكُمْ ۗwa-aydīkumand your hands
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- كَانَkānais
- عَفُوًّاʿafuwwanOft-Pardoning
- غَفُورًاghafūranOft-Forgiving
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