Muhammad Habib Shakir: O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-
M.Pickthall: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
Amatul Rahmân Omer: O you who believe! you are bound to observe fasting as those before you (- followers of the Prophets) were bound, so that you may guard against evil.
Maulana Mohammad Ali: O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil.