ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٢٢٢

  • وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ And they ask you
  • عَنِ about
  • ٱلۡمَحِيضِۖ [the] menstruation
  • قُلۡ Say
  • هُوَ It
  • أَذٗى (is) a hurt
  • فَٱعۡتَزِلُواْ so keep away (from)
  • ٱلنِّسَآءَ [the] women
  • فِي during
  • ٱلۡمَحِيضِ (their) [the] menstruation
  • وَلَا And (do) not
  • تَقۡرَبُوهُنَّ approach them
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • يَطۡهُرۡنَۖ they are cleansed
  • فَإِذَا Then when
  • تَطَهَّرۡنَ they are purified
  • فَأۡتُوهُنَّ then come to them
  • مِنۡ from
  • حَيۡثُ where
  • أَمَرَكُمُ has ordered you
  • ٱللَّهُۚ Allah
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • يُحِبُّ loves
  • ٱلتَّوَّـٰبِينَ those who turn in repentance
  • وَيُحِبُّ and loves
  • ٱلۡمُتَطَهِّرِينَ those who purify themselves
And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives1 during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves,2 then come to them from where Allāh has ordained for you. Indeed, Allāh loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves."
Footnotes
1 i.e., refrain from sexual intercourse.
2 By taking a complete bath (ghusl) .
They will ask you about the monthly period, that is, menstruation and the spot in which it occurs, and how should one treat women during it. Say: 'It is an ailment, filth, or the place whence it issues is so; so part with women, refrain from sexual intercourse with them, in the monthly period, in this time, or in the part affected; and do not approach them, for sexual intercourse, until they are pure (yathurna, or yattahharna: the original taa' [of yatatahharna] has been assimilated with the taa'), that is, until they have cleansed themselves after its cessation; when they have cleansed themselves, then come to them, in sexual intercourse, as God has commanded you', by avoiding it, the female organ, during menstruation and not resorting to any other part. Truly, God loves, that is, He rewards and honours, those who repent, of sins, and He loves those who cleanse themselves, from impurities.