Quran 2:261 — Al-Baqara, verse 261
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who spend their wealth in God’s cause are like grains of corn that produce seven ears, each bearing a hundred grains. God gives multiple increase to whoever He wishes: He is limitless and all knowing.
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
mathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīli l-lahi kamathali ḥabbatin anbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin mi-atu ḥabbatin wal-lahu yuḍāʿifu liman yashāu wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The likeness of those who expend their wealth in the way of God is as the likeness of a grain of corn that sprouts seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. So God multiplies unto whom He will; God is All-embracing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- THE PARABLE of those who spend their possessions for the sake of God is that of a grain out of which grow seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains: for God grants manifold increase unto whom He wills; and God is infinite, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّثَلُmathalu | Example | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 3 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | spend | نفق |
| 4 | أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahum | their wealth | مول |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | كَمَثَلِkamathali | (is) like | مثل |
| 9 | حَبَّةٍḥabbatin | a grain | حبب |
| 10 | أَنۢبَتَتْanbatat | which grows | نبت |
| 11 | سَبْعَsabʿa | seven | سبع |
| 12 | سَنَابِلَsanābila | ears | سنبل |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | كُلِّkulli | each | كلل |
| 15 | سُنۢبُلَةٍۢsunbulatin | ear | سنبل |
| 16 | مِّا۟ئَةُmi-atu | hundred | مءي |
| 17 | حَبَّةٍۢ ۗḥabbatin | grain(s) | حبب |
| 18 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 19 | يُضَـٰعِفُyuḍāʿifu | gives manifold | ضعف |
| 20 | لِمَنliman | to whom | — |
| 21 | يَشَآءُ ۗyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 22 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 23 | وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun | (is) All-Encompassing | وسع |
| 24 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |