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Surah Al-Baqarah
Verse 187

أُحِلَّ Permitted لَكُمْ for you لَيْلَةَ (in the) nights ٱلصِّيَامِ (of) fasting ٱلرَّفَثُ (is) the approach إِلَىٰ to نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ your wives هُنَّ They لِبَاسٌۭ (are) garments لَّكُمْ for you وَأَنتُمْ and you لِبَاسٌۭ (are) garments لَّهُنَّ ۗ for them عَلِمَ Knows ٱللَّهُ Allah أَنَّكُمْ that you كُنتُمْ used to تَخْتَانُونَ deceive أَنفُسَكُمْ yourselves فَتَابَ so He turned عَلَيْكُمْ towards you وَعَفَا and He forgave عَنكُمْ ۖ [on] you فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ So now بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ have relations with them وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ and seek مَا what كَتَبَ has ordained ٱللَّهُ Allah لَكُمْ ۚ for you وَكُلُوا۟ And eat وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ and drink حَتَّىٰ until يَتَبَيَّنَ becomes distinct لَكُمُ to you ٱلْخَيْطُ the thread ٱلْأَبْيَضُ [the] white مِنَ from ٱلْخَيْطِ the thread ٱلْأَسْوَدِ [the] black مِنَ of ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ [the] dawn ثُمَّ Then أَتِمُّوا۟ complete ٱلصِّيَامَ the fast إِلَى till ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ the night وَلَا And (do) not تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ have relations with them وَأَنتُمْ while you عَـٰكِفُونَ (are) secluded فِى in ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ the masajid تِلْكَ These حُدُودُ (are the) limits ٱللَّهِ (set by) Allah فَلَا so (do) not تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ approach them كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يُبَيِّنُ makes clear ٱللَّهُ Allah ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ His verses لِلنَّاسِ for [the] people لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَتَّقُونَ (become) righteous ١٨٧

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.

— Come To Light

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