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Al-Baqarah 223

Ayah 223 of 286 · Medinan

نِسَآؤُكُمۡ حَرۡثٞ لَّكُمۡ فَأۡتُواْ حَرۡثَكُمۡ أَنَّىٰ شِئۡتُمۡۖ وَقَدِّمُواْ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّكُم مُّلَٰقُوهُۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٢٣

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. نِسَآؤُكُمۡYour wivesnisāukum
  2. حَرۡثٞ(are) a tilthḥarthun
  3. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  4. فَأۡتُواْso comefatū
  5. حَرۡثَكُمۡ(to) your tilthḥarthakum
  6. أَنَّىٰwhenannā
  7. شِئۡتُمۡۖyou wishshi'tum
  8. وَقَدِّمُواْand send forth (good deeds)waqaddimū
  9. لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚfor yourselvesli-anfusikum
  10. وَٱتَّقُواْAnd be consciouswa-ittaqū
  11. ٱللَّهَ(of) Allahl-laha
  12. وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْand knowwa-iʿ'lamū
  13. أَنَّكُمthat youannakum
  14. مُّلَٰقُوهُۗ(will) meet Himmulāqūhu
  15. وَبَشِّرِAnd give glad tidingswabashiri
  16. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ(to) the believersl-mu'minīna

Tafsir

Your wives are a place for you to sow your seed: they produce children for you just as the land produces crops. So approach the plantation, which is the vagina, from whichever direction and in whichever manner you wish as long as intercourse takes place in the vagina. Send forth something good for yourselves, such as having sexual intercourse with the intention of gaining closeness to Allah and with the hope of pious offspring. Be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, such as those relating to women. Know that you are to meet Him on the Day of Resurrection and will have to stand before Him to receive the reward for your actions. O Prophet, give the believers good news of everlasting blessings that will surely please them when they meet their Lord: seeing His Blessed Face.

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