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Aya 189
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۞ يَسأَلونَكَ عَنِ الأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُل هِيَ مَواقيتُ لِلنّاسِ وَالحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيسَ البِرُّ بِأَن تَأتُوا البُيوتَ مِن ظُهورِها وَلٰكِنَّ البِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقىٰ ۗ وَأتُوا البُيوتَ مِن أَبوابِها ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُم تُفلِحونَ

N. J. Dawood

They question you about the phases of the moon. Say: ‘They are seasons fixed for mankind and for the pilgrimage.’ Righteousness does not consist in entering your dwellings from the back.1 The righteous man is he that fears God. Enter your dwellings by their doors and fear God, so that you may prosper.
  • It was the custom of pagan Arabs, on returning from pilgrimage, to enter their homes from the back.