ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٢٢٣

  • نِسَآؤُكُمۡ Your wives
  • حَرۡثٞ (are) a tilth
  • لَّكُمۡ for you
  • فَأۡتُواْ so come
  • حَرۡثَكُمۡ (to) your tilth
  • أَنَّىٰ when
  • شِئۡتُمۡۖ you wish
  • وَقَدِّمُواْ and send forth (good deeds)
  • لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ for yourselves
  • وَٱتَّقُواْ And be conscious
  • ٱللَّهَ (of) Allah
  • وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ and know
  • أَنَّكُم that you
  • مُّلَٰقُوهُۗ (will) meet Him
  • وَبَشِّرِ And give glad tidings
  • ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ (to) the believers
Your wives are a place of cultivation [i.e., sowing of seed] for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allāh and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.
Your women are a tillage for you, that is, the place where you sow [the seeds of] your children; so come to your tillage, that is, the specified place, the front part, as, in whichever way, you wish, whether standing up, sitting down, lying down, from the front or the back: this was revealed in response to the Jews saying that if a person had vaginal intercourse with his wife from behind, the child would be born cross-eyed; and offer for your souls, righteous deeds, such as saying, 'In the Name of God' (bismillaah) when you commence intercourse; and fear God, in what He commands and prohibits; and know that you shall meet Him, at the Resurrection, where He will requite you according to your deeds; and give good tidings, of the Paradise, to the believers, who feared Him.