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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 223 (2:223)

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نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ …

Quran 2:223 is ayah 223 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 35 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:223
نِسَآؤُكُمْحَرْثٌلَّكُمْفَأْتُوا۟حَرْثَكُمْأَنَّىٰشِئْتُمْ ۖوَقَدِّمُوا۟لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚوَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّكُممُّلَٰقُوهُ ۗوَبَشِّرِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ٢٢٣
nisāukum ḥarthun lakum fatū ḥarthakum annā shi'tum waqaddimū li-anfusikum wa-ittaqū l-laha wa-iʿ'lamū annakum mulāqūhu wabashiri l-mu'minīna

Your wives are a place of cultivation [i.e., sowing of seed] for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allāh and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.(223)

Word by word

  1. نِسَآؤُكُمْnisāukumYour wives
  2. حَرْثٌḥarthun(are) a tilth
  3. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
  4. فَأْتُوا۟fatūso come
  5. حَرْثَكُمْḥarthakum(to) your tilth
  6. أَنَّىٰannāwhen
  7. شِئْتُمْ ۖshi'tumyou wish
  8. وَقَدِّمُوا۟waqaddimūand send forth (good deeds)
  9. لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚli-anfusikumfor yourselves
  10. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd be conscious
  11. ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
  12. وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
  13. أَنَّكُمannakumthat you
  14. مُّلَٰقُوهُ ۗmulāqūhu(will) meet Him
  15. وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give glad tidings
  16. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers

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