Quran 24:22 — An-Noor, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who have been graced with bounty and plenty should not swear that they will [no longer] give to kinsmen, the poor, those who emigrated in God’s way: let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that God should forgive you? God is most forgiving and merciful.
وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَنْ يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
walā yatali ulū l-faḍli minkum wal-saʿati an yu'tū ulī l-qur'bā wal-masākīna wal-muhājirīna fī sabīli l-lahi walyaʿfū walyaṣfaḥū alā tuḥibbūna an yaghfira l-lahu lakum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Let not those of you who possess bounty and plenty swear off giving kinsmen and the poor and those who emigrate in the way of God; but let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that God should forgive you? God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, [even if they have been wronged by slander,] let not those of you who have been graced with God’s favour and ease of life ever become remiss in helping [the erring ones among] their near of kin, and the needy, and those who have forsaken the domain of evil for the sake of God, but let them pardon and forbear. [For,] do you not desire that God should forgive you your sins, seeing that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace?
- Sahih International
- And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allāh, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allāh should forgive you? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 2 | يَأْتَلِyatali | let swear | ألو |
| 3 | أُو۟لُوا۟ulū | those of virtue | أول |
| 4 | ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli | those of virtue | فضل |
| 5 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 6 | وَٱلسَّعَةِwal-saʿati | and the amplitude of means | وسع |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | يُؤْتُوٓا۟yu'tū | they give | أتي |
| 9 | أُو۟لِىulī | (to) the near of kin | أول |
| 10 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā | (to) the near of kin | قرب |
| 11 | وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَwal-masākīna | and the needy | سكن |
| 12 | وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīna | and the emigrants | هجر |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 16 | وَلْيَعْفُوا۟walyaʿfū | And let them pardon | عفو |
| 17 | وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗwalyaṣfaḥū | and let them overlook | صفح |
| 18 | أَلَاalā | (Do) not | — |
| 19 | تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūna | you like | حبب |
| 20 | أَنan | that | — |
| 21 | يَغْفِرَyaghfira | Allah should forgive | غفر |
| 22 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah should forgive | أله |
| 23 | لَكُمْ ۗlakum | you | — |
| 24 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 25 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 26 | رَّحِيمٌraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |