The Holy Quran 2:185 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍ 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

Translation

The month of Ramadhaan is the month in which the Qur'aan was revealed (from the Lowhul Mahfoodh to the sky above the earth on Laylatul Qadr) as a guidance for mankind, whose Aayaat of guidance are absolutely clear, and which distinguishes (between truth and falsehood). So whoever among you witnesses this month (is alive during this month and capable of fasting) should fast in it, while those who are ill or on journey, then (they should make up for the missed fasts by fasting) the same number of days at another time. Allaah desires ease for you (by allowing travellers and the ill to fast at a later time) and does not desire hardship for you. And (Allaah desires) that you complete the period (of fasting during Ramadhaan), so that you glorify Allaah for His guiding you and so that you show gratitude (to Him).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Ramadan is the month of the revelation of the Quran: it has come in the hadith that the scrolls of Ibrahim, the Torah and the Injil were all revealed in Ramadan, and the noble Quran too was sent down all at once on the twenty-fourth night of Ramadan from the Preserved Tablet to the first heaven, and then it continued to be revealed to the Prophet ﷺ little…

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