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This course teaches wudu from intention and preparation through the four Qur’anic limb-actions and the fuller authenticated demonstration. It also explains common mistakes, safe adaptations and why a short invalidator list must not pretend to settle every recognised legal-school difference.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, 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.
Compare · A. 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 favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
'Umar ibn al-Khattab reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught that actions are according to intentions and each person has what they intended.
Evidence use
This authenticated report establishes that intention matters to the moral and worship value of an action, while also providing a controlled example in which learners can distinguish the chain, reported wording and collection reference.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 1; Book 1, Hadith 1
Chapter shown by source
How the Divine Revelation started being revealed to Allah's Messenger
Narrator
'Umar ibn al-Khattab
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the two opening Prophetic clauses are retained. The migration example, full chain, collection heading and complete record remain available on the linked source page.
Evidence boundary
The panel retains only the opening principle and not the migration example. The report does not make an unlawful act lawful, remove another person’s rights, replace the conditions of an obligation or guarantee a reward for every routine.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Before the first wash, know why you are making wudu, confirm that water is safely usable, remove ordinary barriers and identify any wound, device or uncertainty that needs a different route. Intention directs an ordinary wash into worship without requiring an invented public script.
Wudu is undertaken as purification for prayer and related worship, not merely because hands or face feel dirty. Qur’an 5:6 supplies the worship context. A learner can hold the intention in the heart without performing it for an audience.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what remains for qualified review. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
Legal schools differ over the classification and exact timing of intention.
Learning move: Open lesson 1, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, 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.
Compare · A. 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 favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Humran reported that Uthman demonstrated washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face and arms, wiping the head and washing the feet, then connected that ablution to the practice of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Evidence use
This supplies the authenticated demonstrated sequence used in the beginner method.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 159; Book 4, Hadith 25
Chapter shown by source
The washing of the parts thrice while performing ablution
Narrator
Humran, reporting 'Uthman's demonstration
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The demonstrated washing sequence is retained. The chain and the separate promised-forgiveness clause remain on the exact source page and are not used to promise an outcome in this step guide.
Evidence boundary
The panel does not decide how each legal school classifies every action, nor does it govern wounds, dressings, continuous excuses or tayammum.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Qur’an 5:6 gives the controlling limb-actions for wudu: wash the face, wash the arms through the elbows, wipe the head and wash the feet through the ankles. This lesson slows each action down so “complete” means coverage, not repeated splashing.
Wash from the hands through each elbow so the joint is included. Move a tight ordinary item and guide water around the elbow. Counting splashes does not compensate for a dry boundary.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Right-first order and repetition belong to fuller practice and legal classification, not the bare wording of this clause.
Learning move: Open lesson 2, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Humran reported that Uthman demonstrated washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face and arms, wiping the head and washing the feet, then connected that ablution to the practice of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Evidence use
This supplies the authenticated demonstrated sequence used in the beginner method.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 159; Book 4, Hadith 25
Chapter shown by source
The washing of the parts thrice while performing ablution
Narrator
Humran, reporting 'Uthman's demonstration
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The demonstrated washing sequence is retained. The chain and the separate promised-forgiveness clause remain on the exact source page and are not used to promise an outcome in this step guide.
Evidence boundary
The panel does not decide how each legal school classifies every action, nor does it govern wounds, dressings, continuous excuses or tayammum.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, 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.
Compare · A. 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 favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
After hurried ablution left heels dry, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) warned about the heels and instructed the people to complete the ablution thoroughly.
Evidence use
Evidence for complete foot coverage and against hurried wudu that leaves heels dry.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 241a; Book 2, Hadith 37
Chapter shown by source
The Obligation of Washing the Feet Completely
Narrator
Abdullah ibn Amr
Displayed grading
Sahih — Collection status: Sahih Muslim. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The concluding Prophetic warning and instruction are reproduced without the chain and travel narrative. Open the source page for the complete report.
Evidence boundary
The panel supports complete coverage. Past-prayer validity, continuity and doubt cases remain qualified legal questions.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 1 September 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
The fuller Prophetic demonstration begins before the four Qur’anic limb-actions and shows careful completion. This lesson teaches hands, mouth, nose, the four actions and a calm final check while preventing waste, unsafe force and obsessive repetition.
The controlled report shows washing parts three times in its demonstration. This is not permission to wash four, ten or indefinitely because a vague doubt appears. Complete, counted practice should remain calm and water-conscious.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required area, or forcing the body through pain can all move the learner away from careful worship. Practise once slowly, check once, and improve through observed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
Other sound reports and school classifications discuss once and twice; this panel alone must not be made the whole evidence set.
Learning move: Open lesson 3, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, 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.
Compare · A. 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 favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
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Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve[d]
4لَاlā(Do) not
5تَقۡرَبُواْtaqrabūgo near
6ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
7وَأَنتُمۡwa-antumwhile you
8سُكَٰرَىٰsukārā(are) intoxicated
9حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
10تَعۡلَمُواْtaʿlamūyou know
11مَاmāwhat
12تَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou are saying
13وَلَاwalāand not
14جُنُبًاjunuban(when you are) impure
15إِلَّاillāexcept
16عَابِرِيʿābirī(when) passing
17سَبِيلٍsabīlin(through) a way
18حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
19تَغۡتَسِلُواْۚtaghtasilūyou have bathed
20وَإِنwa-inAnd if
21كُنتُمkuntumyou are
22مَّرۡضَىٰٓmarḍāill
23أَوۡawor
24عَلَىٰʿalāon
25سَفَرٍsafarina journey
26أَوۡawor
27جَآءَjāacame
28أَحَدٞaḥadunone
29مِّنكُمminkumof you
30مِّنَminafrom
31ٱلۡغَآئِطِl-ghāiṭithe toilet
32أَوۡawor
33لَٰمَسۡتُمُlāmastumuyou have touched
34ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
35فَلَمۡfalamand not
36تَجِدُواْtajidūyou find
37مَآءٗmāanwater
38فَتَيَمَّمُواْfatayammamūthen do tayammum
39صَعِيدٗاṣaʿīdan(with) earth
40طَيِّبٗاṭayyibanclean
41فَٱمۡسَحُواْfa-im'saḥūand wipe (with it)
42بِوُجُوهِكُمۡbiwujūhikumyour faces
43وَأَيۡدِيكُمۡۗwa-aydīkumand your hands
44إِنَّinnaIndeed
45ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
46كَانَkānais
47عَفُوًّاʿafuwwanOft-Pardoning
48غَفُورًاghafūranOft-Forgiving
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janābah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women [i.e., had sexual intercourse] and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. 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. For Allah doth blot out sins and forgive again and again.
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Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 4:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 27 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
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Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner needs to know when wudu ends, but a tiny viral list can mislead. This lesson begins with clear categories in the Qur’an, marks areas of recognised disagreement and gives continuous or medical conditions a proper referral route instead of false certainty.
Urine, stool and wind sit within clear ordinary discussions, while blood, vomiting, touching another person or touching private parts contain recognised differences in evidence and school conclusions. Present them in a matrix that names the school and source, not one red universal list.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, ask before helping physically and never use purification or prayer teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
Continuous discharge, menstruation and medical devices require sensitive individual guidance.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Learn a shared route without hiding recognised differences
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, 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.
Compare · A. 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 favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Learn the shared Qur’anic core, then a conservative complete demonstration. Label Sunnah completions and school-specific classifications instead of hiding them. Use observed correction and do not turn caution into waste, injury or repeated doubt.
The course separates the Qur’anic foundation, authenticated demonstration and later legal classification. A learner can therefore begin a sound practice while seeing exactly where school-specific or personal guidance is still needed.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical or disability cases remain assigned to qualified review before indexing.
Learning move: Make three columns headed source, shared practice and question for qualified review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Save the last complete step, coverage issue, safety adaptation and unresolved legal question. A resume action should return the learner to the exact step or review point, not force an unnecessary restart.
Record what has been learned, practised and checked. Do not convert uncertainty into repeated washing, delayed prayer or a public ruling. The next action should be specific and proportionate.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
Explain the practice in plain language before using legal vocabulary. If the simple sentence overstates the evidence, a technical Arabic label will not repair it.
This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical or disability cases remain assigned to qualified review before indexing.
Learning move: Save the completed steps, one unresolved question and the support route required next.
See exactly where this resource comes fromQur’an, authentic hadith and editorial boundaries are kept distinct
Qur’an evidence
Qur'an-primary; controlled Quran Foundation QPC Hafs panels. Named translations are human renderings and later fiqh remains separately attributed. Arabic, word alignment, transliteration and named translations are supplied through the separately labelled Quran Foundation panels.
Hadith evidence
Controlled authenticated record: bukhari:1, bukhari:159, muslim:241a. Report wording, legal classification and personal application remain distinct. The collection and reference are preserved; a named displayed grading is not silently changed into a universal claim.
Teaching explanation
Explanatory prose, examples, diagrams and adult teaching advice are Tawheed Club editorial material. They are never presented as Qur’an, translation, tafsir or words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Release control
This item must pass source, meaning, language, editorial and release checks. Corrections remain welcome when supported by an exact source locator.
This course teaches wudu from intention and preparation through the four Qur’anic limb-actions and the fuller authenticated demonstration. It also explains common mistakes, safe adaptations and why a short invalidator list must not pretend to settle every recognised legal-school difference. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
Invite an answer before helping
Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer.
Correct with dignity
Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment.
01Prepare a focused session
Read Wudu Step by Step yourself and open every cited source before inviting the learner.
Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
Remove distractions and decide when to stop: about 8–10 minutes for a younger child, 15–20 minutes for ages 8–11, or 20–30 minutes for an older learner.
Keep paper optional. If Qur’anic text is printed, follow the respect and waste guidance shown above the ayah panel.
Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.”
02Use a source-led teaching conversation
Connect: Ask what the learner already thinks the title means. Record the answer without immediately judging it.
Read or listen: Open the first evidence panel or cited report. Hear the complete Arabic before isolating one word or phrase.
Notice: Ask the learner to identify the exact words that support the first teaching point. A contextual word gloss is a clue; the complete named translation supplies the sentence meaning.
Explain: Read the teaching paragraph. Ask, “Which part came directly from the source, and which part is the writer helping us understand?”
Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does Conditions and Intention mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 5:6)?”
“What does Obligatory Actions mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 2:286)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه(ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice.
Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified review.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
Follow the Arabic from right to left and use the word-level controls only after hearing the complete wording.
Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the practice move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
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