Surah 5. Al-Maida, Ayah 6
| يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا ۚ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ مِنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِنْ يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ |
| Asad | : | 0 YOU who have attained to faith! When you are about to pray, wash your face, and your hands and arms up to the elbows, and pass your [wet] hands lightly over your head, and [wash] your feet up to the ankles And if you are in a state requiring total ablution, purify yourselves.17 But if you are ill, or are travelling, or have just satisfied a want of nature, or have cohabited with a woman, and can find no water - then take resort to pure dust, passing therewith lightly over your face and your hands. God does not want to impose any hardship on you, but wants to make you pure, and to bestow upon you the full measure of His blessings, so that you might have cause to be grateful. |
| Malik | : | O believers! When you rise up for Salah (prayer), wash your faces and your hands as far as the elbows, wipe your heads with wet hands and wash your feet to the ankles. If you had an emission of semen, then take a full bath. However, if you are sick or on a journey or you have used the toilet or you had intercourse with your women (your wife) and you do not find any water then resort to Tayammum - find clean soil and rub your faces and hands with it. Allah does not wish to burden you; He only wishes to purify you and to perfect His favor upon you, so that you may be thankful. |
| Pickthall | : | O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash your face, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill or on a journey or one of you cometh from offices of nature or ye have been in contact with women and ye find no water then take for yourselves clean sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty but to make you clean and to complete His favor to you that ye may be grateful. 702 703 704 |
| Transliteration | : | al- yawm uh.illa la- -kum at.- t.ayyibaat wa- t.acaam 'alladhena 'oto al- kitaab h.ill la- -kum wa- t.acaam -kum h.ill la- -hum wa- al- muh.s.anaat min al- mu'minaat wa- al- muh.s.anaat min 'alladhena 'oto al- kitaab min qabli -kum 'idhaa 'aataytumo -hunna 'ujor -hunna muh.s.inen ghayr musaafih.en wa- laa muttakhidhe akhdaan wa- man yakfur bi- al- 'emaan fa- qad h.abit.a camal -hu wa- huwa fe al- 'aakhirah min al- khaasiren |
Note - 17For an explanation of this and the following passage, see
4:43 and the corresponding notes. Here, the reference
to prayer connects with the last sentence of the
preceding verse, which speaks of belief in God.
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Note - 702These are the essentials of Wudhu, or ablutions
preparatory to prayers, viz., (1) to bathe the whole face
in water, and (2) both hands and arms to the elbows, with
(3) a little rubbing of the head with water (as the head
is usually protected and comparatively clean), and (4)
the bathing of the feet to the ankles. In -addition,
following the practice of the Prophet, it is usual first
to wash the mouth, and the nose before proceeding with
the face, etc.
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Note - 703Cf. iv. 43 and n. 563. Ritual impurity arises from sex
pollution.
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Note - 704This is Tayammum, or wiping with clean sand or earth
where water is not available. I take it that this
substitute is permissible both for Wudhu and for a full
bath, in the circumstances mentioned.
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For an explanation of this and the following passage, see 4:43 and the corresponding notes. Here, the reference to prayer connects with the last sentence of the preceding verse, which speaks of belief in God. |
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These are the essentials of Wudhu, or ablutions preparatory to prayers, viz., (1) to bathe the whole face in water, and (2) both hands and arms to the elbows, with (3) a little rubbing of the head with water (as the head is usually protected and comparatively clean), and (4) the bathing of the feet to the ankles. In -addition, following the practice of the Prophet, it is usual first to wash the mouth, and the nose before proceeding with the face, etc. |
