يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo kutiba 'alaykumu s-siyaamu kamaa kutiba 'alaa lladheena min qablikum la'allakum tattaqoon
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū kutiba ʿalaykumu ṣ-ṣiyāmu kamā kutiba ʿalā llaḏīna min qablikum laʿallakum tattaqūna
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O true believers, a fast is ordained you, as it was ordained unto those before you, that ye may fear God
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous.
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil)
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
O ye who believe! There is prescribed for you the fast as it was prescribed for those before you; haply ye may fear
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
O believers! a Fast is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may fear God
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
O besimtarë! Agjërimi është bërë detyrë për ju siç ishte detyrë edhe për ata që ishin para jush, që të ruheni.
হে মুমিনগণ! তোমাদের উপর সিয়াম ফরয করা হলো, যেমন ফরয করা হয়েছিলো তোমাদের পূর্ববর্তীদের উপর, যাতে তোমরা তাকওয়া অবলম্বন করতে পার।
O vi koji vjerujete! Propisuje vam se post, kao što je propisan onima prije vas, da biste se grijeha sačuvali,
O vi koji vjerujete! Propisuje vam se post, kao što je propisan onima prije vas, da biste se sačuvali,
Heey mon gomɗimɓe, koorka kan farlaama he mo'on wano ka farliranoo he ɓen (ɓeen) adinooɓe on, mbele laatoɗon gomɗuɓe.
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! თქვენთვის (სავალდებულოდ იქნა) დაწესებული მარხვა (ალლაჰის მიერ), როგორც ის დაწესებული იყო თქვენამდე მცხოვრებ ხალხთათვის, ეგების შეგეშინდეთ (ალლაჰის).
O die ihr glaubt, vorgeschrieben ist euch das Fasten, so wie es denjenigen vor euch vorgeschrieben war, auf dass ihr (Allah) fürchten möget.
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Η νηστεία έχει επιβληθεί σ’ εσάς όπως είχε επιβληθεί σ’ εκείνους (τα προηγούμενα έθνη) που ήταν πριν από σας. Μήπως έτσι φυλαχθείτε (από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ μέσω της τήρησης των εντολών Του).
ऐ ईमान वालो! तुमपर रोज़ा[100] रखना फ़र्ज़ (अनिवार्य) कर दिया गया है, जैसे उन लोगों पर फ़र्ज़ (अनिवार्य) किया गया जो तुमसे पहले थे, ताकि तुम परहेज़गार बन जाओ।
O credenti, è imposto a voi il digiuno – come per quelli che sono venuti prima di voi – così che possiate essere devoti.
183. O jūs, kurie tikite! As-Saum (pasninko) [16] laikymasis yra nurodytas jums, kaip jis buvo nurodytas tiems, iki jūsų, tam, kad galėtumėte tapti Al-Mutakūn (dievobaimingaisiais – žr. 2:2)
Yaa warra amantan! Soomanni akkuma warra isin duraa irratti barreefametti (dirqama ta’etti) isin irrattis barreeffameera, Akka isin Rabbiin sodaattaniif. [66]
О вы, которые уверовали! Вам предписан пост, как он был предписан тем, которые были до вас, — быть может, вы станете богобоязненными.
О ви који верујете! Прописује вам се пост, као што је прописан онима пре вас, да бисте се греха сачували.
Enyi mlioamini! Mmeandikiwa Saumu, kama walivyoandikiwa (watu) waliokuwa kabla yenu ili mpate kumcha Mungu.
Troende! Fastan har föreskrivits för er så som den föreskrevs för de som levde innan er, så att ni må bli gudfruktiga.
Ey İman edenler! Oruç, sizden öncekilere farz kılındığı gibi, Allah’a karşı takva sahibi olursunuz diye size de farz kılındı.
اے ایمان والو! تم پر روزے رکھنا فرض کیا گیا جس طرح تم سے پہلے لوگوں پر فرض کئے گئے تھے، تاکہ تم تقویٰ اختیار کرو۔[1]
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فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثْمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)faman baddalahu ba'da maa sami'ahu fa'innamaa ithmuhu 'alaa lladheena yubaddiloonahu inna llaaha samee'un 'aleem
DIN 31635faman baddalahu baʿda mā samiʿahu faʾinnamā ʾiṯmuhu ʿalā llaḏīna yubaddilūnahu ʾinna llāha samīʿun ʿalīmun
The translators word this verse differently
But whoever changes it after he has heard it, the guilt is upon those who change it. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
And whoso changeth (the will) after he hath heard it - the sin thereof is only upon those who change it. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower
But he who alters it after that he has heard it, the sin thereof is only upon those who alter it; verily, God doth hear and know
But as for him who after he hath heard the bequest shall change it, surely the wrong of this shall be on those who change it: verily, God Heareth, Knoweth
But he who shall change the legacy, after he hath heard it bequeathed by the dying person, surely the sin thereof shall be on those who change it, for God is he who heareth and knoweth
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)faman khaafa min moosin janafan aw ithman fa'aslaha baynahum falaa ithma 'alayhi inna llaaha ghafoorun raheem
DIN 31635faman ḫāfa min mūṣin ǧanafan ʾaw ʾiṯman faʾaṣlaḥa baynahum falā ʾiṯma ʿalayhi ʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun
Should someone suspect bias or injustice on the part of a testator, and then reconciles between them, he commits no sin. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
But he who feareth from a testator some unjust or sinful clause, and maketh peace between the parties, (it shall be) no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
And he who fears from the testator a wrong intention, or a crime, and doth make up the matter between the parties, it is no sin to him; verily, God is forgiving and merciful
But he who feareth from the testator any mistake or wrong, and shall make a settlement between the parties - that shall be no wrong in him: verily, God is Lenient, Merciful
Howbeit he who apprehendeth from the testator any mistake or injustice, and shall compose the matter between them, that shall be no crime in him, for God is gracious and merciful
2:183 — the verse above
أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُۥ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ وَأَن تَصُومُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)ayyaaman ma'doodaatin faman kaana minkum mareedan aw 'alaa safarin fa'iddatun min ayyaamin ukhara wa'alaa lladheena yuteeqoonahu fidyatun ta'aamu miskeenin faman tatawwa'a khayran fahuwa khayrun lahu wa'an tasoomoo khayrun lakum in kuntum ta'lamoon
DIN 31635ʾayyāman maʿdūdātin faman kāna minkum marīḍan ʾaw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ʾayyāmin ʾuḫara waʿalā llaḏīna yuṭīqūnahu fidyatun ṭaʿāmu miskīnin faman taṭawwaʿa ḫayran fahuwa ḫayrun lahu waʾan taṣūmū ḫayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna
For a specified number of days. But whoever among you is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. For those who are able: a ransom of feeding a needy person. But whoever volunteers goodness, it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew.
(Fast) a certain number of days; and (for) him who is sick among you, or on a journey, (the same) number of other days; and for those who can afford it there is a ransom: the feeding of a man in need - but whoso doeth good of his own accord, it is better for him: and that ye fast is better for you if ye did but know
A certain number of days, but he amongst you who is ill or on a journey, then (let him fast) another number of days. And those who are fit to fast may redeem it by feeding a poor man; but he who follows an impulse to a good work it is better for him; and if ye fast it is better for you, if ye did but know
For certain days. But he among you who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast that same number of other days: and as for those who are able to keep it and yet break it, the expiation of this shall be the maintenance of a poor man. And he who of his own accord performeth a good work, shall derive good from it: and good shall it be for you to fast if ye knew it
A certain number of days shall ye fast: But he among you who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast an equal number of other days. And those who can keep it, and do not, must redeem their neglect by maintaining of a poor man. And he who voluntarily dealeth better with the poor man than he is obliged, this shall be better for him. But if ye fast it will be better for you, if ye knew it
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)shahru ramadaana lladhee unzila feehi l-qur'aanu hudan lilnnaasi wabayyinaatin mina l-hudaa wal-furqaani faman shahida minkumu sh-shahra falyasumhu waman kaana mareedan aw 'alaa safarin fa'iddatun min ayyaamin ukhara yureedu llaahu bikumu l-yusra walaa yureedu bikumu l-'usra walitukmiloo l-'iddata walitukabbiroo llaaha 'alaa maa hadaakum wala'allakum tashkuroon
DIN 31635šahru ramaḍāna llaḏī ʾunzila fīhi l-qurʾānu hudan lilnnāsi wabayyinātin mina l-hudā wal-furqāni faman šahida minkumu š-šahra falyaṣumhu waman kāna marīḍan ʾaw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ʾayyāmin ʾuḫara yurīdu llāhu bikumu l-yusra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʿusra walitukmilū l-ʿiddata walitukabbirū llāha ʿalā mā hadākum walaʿallakum taškurūna
Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed. Guidance for humanity, and clear portents of guidance, and the Criterion. Whoever of you witnesses the month, shall fast it. But whoever is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. God desires ease for you, and does not desire hardship for you, that you may complete the number, and celebrate God for having guided you, so that you may be thankful.
The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, (let him fast the same) number of other days. Allah desireth for you ease; He desireth not hardship for you; and (He desireth) that ye should complete the period, and that ye should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that peradventure ye may be thankful
The month of Ramadhan, wherein was revealed the Koran, for a guidance to men, and for manifestations of guidance, and for a Discrimination. And he amongst you who beholds this month then let him fast it; but he who is sick or on a journey, then another number of days;- God desires for you what is easy, and desires not for you what is difficult,- that ye may complete the number, and say, 'Great is God,' for that He has guided you; haply ye may give thanks
As to the month Ramadhan in which the Koran was sent down to be man's guidance, and an explanation of that guidance, and of that illumination, as soon as any one of you observeth the moon, let him set about the fast; but he who is sick, or upon a journey, shall fast a like number of other days. God wisheth you ease, but wisheth not your discomfort, and that you fulfil the number of days, and that you glorify God for his guidance, and that you be thankful
The month of Ramadan shall ye fast, in which the Koran was sent down from heaven, a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction between good and evil. Therefore let him among you who shall be present in this month, fast the same month; but he who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast the like number of other days. God would make this an ease unto you, and would not make it a difficulty unto you; that ye may fulfill the number of days, and glorify God, for that he hath directed you, and that ye may give thanks
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
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