سُوْرَةُ مَرْيَمَ
Surah Maryam (19) — Ayah 26
فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"So eat and drink and be glad. And if you see any human being, say: ‘Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allâh) so I shall not speak to any human being this day.’"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَكُلِى
fakulī
So eat
وَٱشْرَبِى
wa-ish'rabī
and drink
وَقَرِّى
waqarrī
and cool
عَيْنًۭا ۖ
ʿaynan
(your) eyes
فَإِمَّا
fa-immā
And if
تَرَيِنَّ
tarayinna
you see
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْبَشَرِ
l-bashari
human being
أَحَدًۭا
aḥadan
anyone
فَقُولِىٓ
faqūlī
then say
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
نَذَرْتُ
nadhartu
[I] have vowed
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ
lilrraḥmāni
to the Most Gracious
صَوْمًۭا
ṣawman
a fast
فَلَنْ
falan
so not
أُكَلِّمَ
ukallima
I will speak
ٱلْيَوْمَ
l-yawma
today
إِنسِيًّۭا
insiyyan
(to any) human being
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
26. 1 That is, eat dates, drink the water of the spring, and cool your eyes by looking at the child.
26. 2 This was also to be said by gesture, not by tongue; moreover, among them, the meaning of fasting is to abstain from eating and speaking.
26. 2 This was also to be said by gesture, not by tongue; moreover, among them, the meaning of fasting is to abstain from eating and speaking.
