O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous.
Al-Baqarah 2:183
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
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O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous.
Believers, fasting is required for you, just as it was required for people before you, so you can become careful to obey Allah.
Believers, fasting is required for you, just as it was required for those before you, so you may become mindful of Allah.
O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become God-conscious.
O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous.
O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous.
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).
O you who believe, fasting is prescribed upon you as it was prescribed upon those who were before you, so that you may become righteous.
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
Believers, fasting has been prescribed for you, just as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard yourselves against evil.
O Believers, the Fast has been made obligatory on you just as it was prescribed for the followers of the Prophets before you. It is expected that this will produce piety in you.
O you who have faith! Prescribed for you is fasting as it was prescribed for those who were before you, so that you may be Godwary.
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona