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Al-Baqarah 2:189

۞يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِۖ قُلۡ هِيَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلۡحَجِّۗ وَلَيۡسَ ٱلۡبِرُّ بِأَن تَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰۗ وَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِنۡ أَبۡوَٰبِهَاۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ

They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the phases of the moon. Say, “They are a means for people to determine time and pilgrimage.” Righteousness is not in entering your houses from the back doors. Rather, righteousness is to be mindful ˹of Allah˺. So enter your homes through their ˹proper˺ doors, and be mindful of Allah so you may be successful.

Word by word

۞يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ
yasalūnaka
They ask you
Vocabulary
Root: سال
عَنِ
ʿani
about
Vocabulary
ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِۖ
l-ahilati
the new moons
Vocabulary
Root: هلل
قُلۡ
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
هِيَ
hiya
They
Vocabulary
مَوَٰقِيتُ
mawāqītu
(are) indicators of periods
Vocabulary
Root: وقت
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the people
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
وَٱلۡحَجِّۗ
wal-ḥaji
and (for) the Hajj
Vocabulary
Root: حجج
وَلَيۡسَ
walaysa
And it is not
Vocabulary
Root: ليس
ٱلۡبِرُّ
l-biru
[the] righteousness
Vocabulary
Root: برر
بِأَن
bi-an
that
Vocabulary
تَأۡتُواْ
tatū
you come
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلۡبُيُوتَ
l-buyūta
(to) the houses
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
مِن
min
from
Vocabulary
ظُهُورِهَا
ẓuhūrihā
their backs
Vocabulary
Root: ظهر
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
[and] but
Vocabulary
ٱلۡبِرَّ
l-bira
[the] righteous
Vocabulary
Root: برر
مَنِ
mani
(is one) who
Vocabulary
ٱتَّقَىٰۗ
ittaqā
fears (Allah)
Vocabulary
Root: وقي
وَأۡتُواْ
watū
And come
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلۡبُيُوتَ
l-buyūta
(to) the houses
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
مِنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
أَبۡوَٰبِهَاۚ
abwābihā
their doors
Vocabulary
Root: بوب
وَٱتَّقُواْ
wa-ittaqū
And fear
Vocabulary
Root: وقي
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
laʿallakum
so that you may
Vocabulary
تُفۡلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
Vocabulary
Root: فلح

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.