Quran 2:280 — Al-Baqara, verse 280
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If the debtor is in difficulty, then delay things until matters become easier for him; still, if you were to write it off as an act of charity, that would be better for you, if only you knew.
وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ ۚ وَأَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
wa-in kāna dhū ʿus'ratin fanaẓiratun ilā maysaratin wa-an taṣaddaqū khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if any man should be in difficulties, let him have respite till things are easier; but that you should give freewill offerings is better for you, did you but know.
- Muhammad Asad
- If, however, [the debtor] is in straitened circumstances, [grant him] a delay until a time of ease; and it would be for your own good -if you but knew it -to remit [the debt entirely] by way of charity.
- Sahih International
- And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 3 | ذُوdhū | the (debtor) | — |
| 4 | عُسْرَةٍۢʿus'ratin | in difficulty | عسر |
| 5 | فَنَظِرَةٌfanaẓiratun | then postponement | نظر |
| 6 | إِلَىٰilā | until | — |
| 7 | مَيْسَرَةٍۢ ۚmaysaratin | ease | يسر |
| 8 | وَأَنwa-an | And if | — |
| 9 | تَصَدَّقُوا۟taṣaddaqū | you remit as charity | صدق |
| 10 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (it is) better | خير |
| 11 | لَّكُمْ ۖlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | إِنin | If | — |
| 13 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you | كون |
| 14 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |