Quran 2:267 — Al-Baqara, verse 267
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, give charitably from the good things you have acquired and that We have produced for you from the earth. Do not give away the bad things that you yourself would only accept with your eyes closed: remember that God is self-sufficient, worthy of all praise.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ ۚ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū anfiqū min ṭayyibāti mā kasabtum wamimmā akhrajnā lakum mina l-arḍi walā tayammamū l-khabītha min'hu tunfiqūna walastum biākhidhīhi illā an tugh'miḍū fīhi wa-iʿ'lamū anna l-laha ghaniyyun ḥamīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, expend of the good things you have earned, and of that We have produced for you from the earth, and intend not the corrupt of it for your expending; for you would never take it yourselves, except you closed an eye on it; and know that God is All-sufficient, All-laudable.
- Muhammad Asad
- O you who have attained to faith! Spend on others out of the good things which you may have acquired, and out of that which We bring forth for you from the earth; and choose not for your spending the bad things which you yourselves would not accept without averting your eyes in disdain. And know that God is self-sufficient, ever to be praised.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 4 | أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqū | Spend | نفق |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti | (the) good things | طيب |
| 7 | مَاmā | that | — |
| 8 | كَسَبْتُمْkasabtum | you have earned | كسب |
| 9 | وَمِمَّآwamimmā | and whatever | — |
| 10 | أَخْرَجْنَاakhrajnā | We brought forth | خرج |
| 11 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 15 | تَيَمَّمُوا۟tayammamū | aim (at) | يمم |
| 16 | ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabītha | the bad | خبث |
| 17 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of it | — |
| 18 | تُنفِقُونَtunfiqūna | you spend | نفق |
| 19 | وَلَسْتُمwalastum | while you (would) not | ليس |
| 20 | بِـَٔاخِذِيهِbiākhidhīhi | take it | أخذ |
| 21 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 22 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 23 | تُغْمِضُوا۟tugh'miḍū | (with) close(d) eyes | غمض |
| 24 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | [in it] | — |
| 25 | وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamū | and know | علم |
| 26 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 28 | غَنِىٌّghaniyyun | (is) Self-Sufficient | غني |
| 29 | حَمِيدٌḥamīdun | Praiseworthy | حمد |