فَكُلِي
وَٱشۡرَبِي
وَقَرِّي
عَيۡنٗاۖ
فَإِمَّا
تَرَيِنَّ
مِنَ
ٱلۡبَشَرِ
أَحَدٗا
فَقُولِيٓ
إِنِّي
نَذَرۡتُ
لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
صَوۡمٗا
فَلَنۡ
أُكَلِّمَ
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
إِنسِيّٗا
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So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.
— M. Pickthall
So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"
— Saheeh International
"So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'"
— A. Yusuf Ali
Read Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
What was said to Her after the Birth
Some reciters read the Ayah as,
مَنْ تَحْتِهَا
(Who was below her) Meaning the one who was below her called to her. Others recited it as,
مِن تَحْتِهَآ
(from below her) With the meaning of a preposition (from) instead of a pronoun (who). The scholars of Tafsir ha
…What was said to Her after the Birth
Some reciters read the Ayah as,
مَنْ تَحْتِهَا
(Who was below her) Meaning the one who was below her called to he
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