Qur'an 58:4 Al-Mujadila
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
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What it says
Sets out the two fallback steps for whoever cannot free a slave: a fast of two consecutive months, then, if that too is beyond him, feeding sixty poor people. The stated purpose is belief made concrete in obedience to Allah and His messenger, and the whole sequence is named a boundary Allah has set, with a warning attached for those who reject it.
Word by word
فَمَن fa-man then whoever · لَّمْ lam does not · يَجِدْ yajid find · فَصِيَامُ fa-ṣiyāmu then a fast of · شَهْرَيْنِ shahrayni two months · مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ mutatābiʿayni consecutive · مِن min before · قَبْلِ qabli before · أَن an that · يَتَمَآسَّا yatamāssā they touch each other · فَمَن fa-man then whoever · لَّمْ lam is not · يَسْتَطِعْ yastaṭiʿ able · فَإِطْعَامُ fa-iṭʿāmu then the feeding · سِتِّينَ sittīna of sixty · مِسْكِينًا miskīnan poor person · ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that is · لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ lituʾminū so that you believe · بِٱللَّهِ billāhi in Allah · وَرَسُولِهِۦ wa-rasūlihi and His messenger · وَتِلْكَ wa-tilka and those are · حُدُودُ ḥudūdu the limits · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ wa-lilkāfirīna and for the deniers · عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun a punishment · أَلِيمٌ alīm painful
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