Quran 3:180 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 180
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who are miserly with what God has granted them out of His grace should not think that it is good for them; on the contrary, it is bad for them. Whatever they meanly withhold will be hung around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. It is God who will inherit the heavens and earth: God is well aware of everything you do.
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ ۖ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَهُمْ ۖ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مَا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَاثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
walā yaḥsabanna alladhīna yabkhalūna bimā ātāhumu l-lahu min faḍlihi huwa khayran lahum bal huwa sharrun lahum sayuṭawwaqūna mā bakhilū bihi yawma l-qiyāmati walillahi mīrāthu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But as for those who are niggardly with the bounty God has given them, let them not suppose it is better for them; nay, it is worse for them; that they were niggardly with they shall have hung about their necks on the Resurrection Day; and to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and earth; and God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THEY should not think - they who niggardly cling to all that God has granted them out of His bounty - that this is good for them: nay, it is bad for them. That to which they [so] niggardly cling will, on the Day of Resurrection, be hung about their necks: for unto God [alone] belongs the heritage of the heavens and of the earth; and God is aware of all that you do.
- Sahih International
- And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allāh has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allāh belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (let) not | — |
| 2 | يَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabanna | think | حسب |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | يَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūna | withhold | بخل |
| 5 | بِمَآbimā | of what | — |
| 6 | ءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu | (has) given them | أتي |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 8 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 9 | فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 10 | هُوَhuwa | (that) it | — |
| 11 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | (is) good | خير |
| 12 | لَّهُم ۖlahum | for them | — |
| 13 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 14 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 15 | شَرٌّۭsharrun | (is) bad | شرر |
| 16 | لَّهُمْ ۖlahum | for them | — |
| 17 | سَيُطَوَّقُونَsayuṭawwaqūna | Their necks will be encircled | طوق |
| 18 | مَاmā | (with) what | — |
| 19 | بَخِلُوا۟bakhilū | they withheld | بخل |
| 20 | بِهِۦbihi | [with it] | — |
| 21 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 22 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati | (of) [the] Resurrection | قوم |
| 23 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | And for Allah | أله |
| 24 | مِيرَٰثُmīrāthu | (is the) heritage | ورث |
| 25 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 26 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 27 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 28 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 29 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 30 | خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun | (is) All-Aware | خبر |