یَـأَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا کُتِبَ عَلَیْکُمُ الصِّیَامُ کَمَا کُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِینَ مِن قَبْلِکُمْ لَعَلَّکُمْ تَتَّقُونَ(( 183 ))

183- O, BELIEVERS! PRESCRIBED TO YOU IS THE FAST, AS IT WAS PRESCRIBED TO THOSE BEFORE YOU, THAT YOU MAY GUARD AGAINST EVIL.

أَیَّاماً مَّعْدُودَت فَمَن کَانَ مِنکُم مَّرِیضاً أَوْ عَلَى سَفَر فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَیَّام أُخَرَ وَعَلَى الَّذِینَ یُطِیقُونَهُ فِدْیَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْکِین فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَیْراً فَهُوَ خَیْرٌ لَّهُ وَأَن تَصُومُوا خَیْرٌ لَّکُمْ إِن کُنتُم تَعْلَمُونَ(( 184 ))

184- FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS (YOU HAVE TO FAST) BUT IF ANY ONE OF YOU BE SICK, OR ON A JOURNEY, THEN (HE SHALL FAST A LIKE) NUMBER OF OTHER DAYS, AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO DO IT, (FOR BEING TOO OLD, OR PERMANENTLY SICK) CAN BE REDEEMED BY FEEDING A POOR. HE THAT DOES GOOD OF HIS OWN ACCORD, IT IS BETTER FOR HIM. AND IT IS BETTER FOR YOU TO FAST, IF YOU COULD KNEW IT.

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِى أُنزِلَ فِیهِ الْقُرْءَانُ هُدىً لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَیِّنَـت مِّنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنْکُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْیَصُمْهُ وَمَن کَانَ مَرِیضاً أَوْعَلَى سَفَر فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَیَّام أُخَرَ یُرِیدُ اللهُ بِکُمُ الْیُسْرَ وَلاَ یُرِیدُ بِکُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُکْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُکَبِّرُوا اللهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَکُمْ وَلَعَلَّکُمْ تَشْکُرُونَ(( 185 ))

185- (FASTING PERIOD IS) THE MONTH OF RAMAZAN, IN WHICH QURÄN WAS SENT DOWN, AS A GUIDANCE TO PEOPLE, AND EVIDENCES OF GUIDANCE AND DISTINCTION. (BETWEEN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD) THEREFORE WHOEVER OF YOU IS PRESENT IN THAT MONTH LET HIM FAST; BUT IF ANY ONE IS ILL OR ON A JOURNEY, SHALL FAST A SIMILAR NUMBER OF DAYS LATER ON. ALLAH WANTS EASE FOR YOU AND DOES NOT WANT HARDSHIP FOR YOU, AND (HE WANTS YOU) TO COMPLETE THE PERIOD, AND TO GLORIFY ALLAH FOR HIS GUIDING YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY GIVE THANKS.