Quran 2:265 — Al-Baqara, verse 265
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But those who spend their wealth in order to gain God’s approval, and as an affirmation of their own faith, are like a garden on a hill: heavy rain falls and it produces double its normal yield; even if no heavy rain falls, it will still be watered by the dew. God sees all that you do.
وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَآتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
wamathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahumu ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi watathbītan min anfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin aṣābahā wābilun faātat ukulahā ḍiʿ'fayni fa-in lam yuṣib'hā wābilun faṭallun wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But the likeness of those who expend their wealth, seeking God's good pleasure, and to confirm themselves, is as the likeness of a garden upon a hill; a torrent smites it and it yields its produce twofold; if no torrent smites it, yet dew; and God sees the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And the parable of those who spend their possessions out of a longing to please God, and out of their own inner certainty, is that of a garden on high, fertile ground: a rainstorm smites it, and thereupon it brings forth its fruit twofold; and if no rainstorm smites it, soft rain [falls upon it]. And God sees all that you do.
- Sahih International
- And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَثَلُwamathalu | And (the) example | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 3 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | spend | نفق |
| 4 | أَمْوَٰلَهُمُamwālahumu | their wealth | مول |
| 5 | ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāa | seeking | بغي |
| 6 | مَرْضَاتِmarḍāti | (the) pleasure | رضو |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَتَثْبِيتًۭاwatathbītan | and certainty | ثبت |
| 9 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | their (inner) souls | نفس |
| 11 | كَمَثَلِkamathali | (is) like | مثل |
| 12 | جَنَّةٍۭjannatin | a garden | جنن |
| 13 | بِرَبْوَةٍbirabwatin | on a height | ربو |
| 14 | أَصَابَهَاaṣābahā | fell on it | صوب |
| 15 | وَابِلٌۭwābilun | heavy rain | وبل |
| 16 | فَـَٔاتَتْfaātat | so it yielded | أتي |
| 17 | أُكُلَهَاukulahā | its harvest | أكل |
| 18 | ضِعْفَيْنِḍiʿ'fayni | double | ضعف |
| 19 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 20 | لَّمْlam | (does) not | — |
| 21 | يُصِبْهَاyuṣib'hā | fall (on) it | صوب |
| 22 | وَابِلٌۭwābilun | heavy rain | وبل |
| 23 | فَطَلٌّۭ ۗfaṭallun | then a drizzle | طلل |
| 24 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 25 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 26 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 27 | بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun | (is) All-Seer | بصر |