Quran 17:29 — Al-Israa, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not be tight-fisted, nor so open-handed that you end up blamed and overwhelmed with regret.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَحْسُورًا
walā tajʿal yadaka maghlūlatan ilā ʿunuqika walā tabsuṭ'hā kulla l-basṭi fataqʿuda malūman maḥsūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And keep not thy hand chained to thy neck, nor outspread it widespread altogether, or thou wilt sit reproached and denuded.
- Muhammad Asad
- And neither allow thy hand to remain shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost limit [of thy capacity], lest thou find thyself blamed [by thy dependants], or even destitute.
- Sahih International
- And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَجْعَلْtajʿal | make | جعل |
| 3 | يَدَكَyadaka | your hand | يدي |
| 4 | مَغْلُولَةًmaghlūlatan | chained | غلل |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 6 | عُنُقِكَʿunuqika | your neck | عنق |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | تَبْسُطْهَاtabsuṭ'hā | extend it | بسط |
| 9 | كُلَّkulla | (to its) utmost | كلل |
| 10 | ٱلْبَسْطِl-basṭi | reach | بسط |
| 11 | فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿuda | so that you sit | قعد |
| 12 | مَلُومًۭاmalūman | blameworthy | لوم |
| 13 | مَّحْسُورًاmaḥsūran | insolvent | حسر |