Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your wives. They are your garments and ye are their garments1. God knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them, and seek what God Hath ordained for you2, and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread3; then complete your fast Till the night appears4; but do not associate with your wives while ye are in retreat5 in the mosques. Those are6 Limits (set by) God. Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth God make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.