Al-Baqara 2:183
The Cow · ayah 183 of 286
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu assiyamu kamakutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakumtattaqoon
"O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -"
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"You who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may be mindful of God."
Pickthall (classic)+
"O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-"