سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 223
نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿223﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will, and send (good deeds, or ask Allâh to bestow upon you pious offspring) for your ownselves beforehand. And fear Allâh, and know that you are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give good tidings to the believers (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
نِسَآؤُكُمْ
nisāukum
Your wives
حَرْثٌۭ
ḥarthun
(are) a tilth
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
فَأْتُوا۟
fatū
so come
حَرْثَكُمْ
ḥarthakum
(to) your tilth
أَنَّىٰ
annā
when
شِئْتُمْ ۖ
shi'tum
you wish
وَقَدِّمُوا۟
waqaddimū
and send forth (good deeds)
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ
li-anfusikum
for yourselves
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And be conscious
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(of) Allah
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
wa-iʿ'lamū
and know
أَنَّكُم
annakum
that you
مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗ
mulāqūhu
(will) meet Him
وَبَشِّرِ
wabashiri
And give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(to) the believers
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.
223. 1. The Jews believed that if intercourse was done with the woman lying on her stomach, the child would be born cross-eyed. In refutation of this, it is being said that whether intercourse is done from the front (with her lying on her back), from behind (with her lying on her stomach), or on her side, in whatever manner you wish, it is permissible, but it is necessary that in every case only the woman’s vagina is used. Some people argue from this (in whatever manner you wish) that the anus is also included, therefore the use of the anus is also permissible. But this is completely wrong. When the Quran has called the woman a field, it means that it is only for the use of the field that it is being said, “come to your fields as you wish,” and this field is only the vagina, not the anus. In any case, this is an unnatural act. A person who uses his wife’s anus has been declared accursed (referenced in Ibn Kathir and Fath al-Qadeer).
