Quran 2:245 — Al-Baqara, verse 245
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who will give God a good loan, which He will increase for him many times over? It is God who withholds and God who gives abundantly, and it is to Him that you will return.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْسُطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
man dhā alladhī yuq'riḍu l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahu lahu aḍʿāfan kathīratan wal-lahu yaqbiḍu wayabṣuṭu wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Who is he that will lend God a good loan, and He will multiply it for him manifold? God grasps, and outspreads; and unto Him you shall be returned.
- Muhammad Asad
- Who is it that will offer up unto God a goodly loan, which He will amply repay, with manifold increase? For, God takes away, and He gives abundantly; and it is unto Him that you shall be brought back.
- Sahih International
- Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّنman | Who | — |
| 2 | ذَاdhā | (is) the one | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | who | — |
| 4 | يُقْرِضُyuq'riḍu | will lend | قرض |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (to) Allah | أله |
| 6 | قَرْضًاqarḍan | a loan | قرض |
| 7 | حَسَنًۭاḥasanan | good | حسن |
| 8 | فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥfayuḍāʿifahu | so (that) He multiplies it | ضعف |
| 9 | لَهُۥٓlahu | for him | — |
| 10 | أَضْعَافًۭاaḍʿāfan | manifolds | ضعف |
| 11 | كَثِيرَةًۭ ۚkathīratan | many | كثر |
| 12 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 13 | يَقْبِضُyaqbiḍu | withholds | قبض |
| 14 | وَيَبْصُۜطُwayabṣuṭu | and grants abundance | بسط |
| 15 | وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhi | and to Him | — |
| 16 | تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna | you will be returned | رجع |