Quran 2:272 — Al-Baqara, verse 272
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is not for you [Prophet] to guide them; it is God who guides whoever He will. Whatever charity you give benefits your own soul, provided you do it for the sake of God: whatever you give will be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged.
لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا تُنْفِقُونَ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ
laysa ʿalayka hudāhum walākinna l-laha yahdī man yashāu wamā tunfiqū min khayrin fali-anfusikum wamā tunfiqūna illā ib'tighāa wajhi l-lahi wamā tunfiqū min khayrin yuwaffa ilaykum wa-antum lā tuẓ'lamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou art not responsible for guiding them; but God guides whomsoever He will. And whatever good you expend is for yourselves, for then you are expending, being desirous only of God's Face; and whatever good you expend shall be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged,
- Muhammad Asad
- It is not for thee [O Prophet] to make people follow the right path, since it is God [alone] who guides whom He wills. And whatever good you may spend on others is for your own good, provided that you spend only out of a longing for God's countenance: for, whatever good you may spend will be repaid unto you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
- Sahih International
- Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ لَّيْسَlaysa | Not | ليس |
| 2 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | on you | — |
| 3 | هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhum | (is) their guidance | هدي |
| 4 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [and] but | — |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 6 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guides | هدي |
| 7 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 8 | يَشَآءُ ۗyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | And whatever | — |
| 10 | تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqū | you spend | نفق |
| 11 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 12 | خَيْرٍۢkhayrin | good | خير |
| 13 | فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚfali-anfusikum | then it is for yourself | نفس |
| 14 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 15 | تُنفِقُونَtunfiqūna | you spend | نفق |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 17 | ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāa | seeking | بغي |
| 18 | وَجْهِwajhi | (the) face | وجه |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَمَاwamā | And whatever | — |
| 21 | تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqū | you spend | نفق |
| 22 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 23 | خَيْرٍۢkhayrin | good | خير |
| 24 | يُوَفَّyuwaffa | will be repaid in full | وفي |
| 25 | إِلَيْكُمْilaykum | to you | — |
| 26 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | and you | — |
| 27 | لَاlā | (will) not | — |
| 28 | تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūna | be wronged | ظلم |