Quran 2:271 — Al-Baqara, verse 271
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you give charity openly, it is good, but if you keep it secret and give to the needy in private, that is better for you, and it will atone for some of your bad deeds: God is well aware of all that you do.
إِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ ۖ وَإِنْ تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
in tub'dū l-ṣadaqāti faniʿimmā hiya wa-in tukh'fūhā watu'tūhā l-fuqarāa fahuwa khayrun lakum wayukaffiru ʿankum min sayyiātikum wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you publish your freewill offerings, it is excellent; but if you conceal them, and give them to the poor, that is better for you, and will acquit you of your evil deeds; God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you do deeds of charity openly, it is well; but if you bestow it upon the needy in secret, it will be even better for you, and it will atone for some of your bad deeds. And God is aware of all that you do.
- Sahih International
- If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تُبْدُوا۟tub'dū | you disclose | بدو |
| 3 | ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqāti | the charities | صدق |
| 4 | فَنِعِمَّاfaniʿimmā | then good | نعم |
| 5 | هِىَ ۖhiya | it (is) | — |
| 6 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 7 | تُخْفُوهَاtukh'fūhā | you keep it secret | خفي |
| 8 | وَتُؤْتُوهَاwatu'tūhā | and give it | أتي |
| 9 | ٱلْفُقَرَآءَl-fuqarāa | (to) the poor | فقر |
| 10 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then it | — |
| 11 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 12 | لَّكُمْ ۚlakum | for you | — |
| 13 | وَيُكَفِّرُwayukaffiru | And He will remove | كفر |
| 14 | عَنكُمʿankum | from you | — |
| 15 | مِّنmin | [of] | — |
| 16 | سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ ۗsayyiātikum | your evil deeds | سوأ |
| 17 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 18 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 19 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 20 | خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun | (is) All-Aware | خبر |