2:183Medinan

Quran 2:183 – Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 183 of 114 surahs in the Holy Quran.

Arabic Textالبقرة

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ

English TranslationSaheeh International

O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous

Transliteration

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona

Tafsir Al-Jalalayn Explanation

O you who believe, prescribed for you, obligatory [for you], is the Fast, just as it was prescribed for those, communities, that were before you so that you might guard yourselves, against acts of disobedience, for, it [the fast] curbs the desires that prompt these [acts].