# Quran 2:189 — Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 189

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
۞ يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِۖ قُلۡ هِيَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلۡحَجِّۗ وَلَيۡسَ ٱلۡبِرُّ بِأَن تَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰۗ وَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِنۡ أَبۡوَٰبِهَاۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
یَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الْاَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِیَ مَوَاقِیْتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ وَلَیْسَ الْبِرُّ بِاَنْ تَاْتُوا الْبُیُوْتَ مِنْ ظُهُوْرِهَا وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقٰی وَاْتُوا الْبُیُوْتَ مِنْ اَبْوَابِهَا وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُوْنَ ۟

## Transliteration
Yas'aloonaka 'anil ahillati qul hiya mawaaqeetu linnaasi wal Hajj; wa laisal birru bi an ta'tul buyoota min zuhoorihaa wa laakinnal birra manit taqaa; wa'tul buyoota min abwaa bihaa; wattaqullaaha la'allakum tuflihoon

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> They ask thee concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors: And fear Allah: That ye may prosper.

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:189 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Hajj](https://deen.global/quran/topics/pilgrimage/hajj.md)

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