Quran 57:18 — Al-Hadid, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Charitable men and women who make a good loan to God will have it doubled and have a generous reward.
إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ
inna l-muṣadiqīna wal-muṣadiqāti wa-aqraḍū l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan yuḍāʿafu lahum walahum ajrun karīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely those, the men and the women, who make freewill offerings and have lent to God a good loan, it shall be multiplied for them, and theirs shall be a generous wage.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, as for the men and women who accept the truth as true and who [thus] offer up unto God a goodly loan, they will be amply repaid, and shall have a noble reward [in the life to come].
- Sahih International
- Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allāh a goodly loan - it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble reward.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَl-muṣadiqīna | the men who give charity | صدق |
| 3 | وَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَـٰتِwal-muṣadiqāti | and the women who give charity | صدق |
| 4 | وَأَقْرَضُوا۟wa-aqraḍū | and who lend | قرض |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (to) Allah | أله |
| 6 | قَرْضًاqarḍan | a loan | قرض |
| 7 | حَسَنًۭاḥasanan | goodly | حسن |
| 8 | يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafu | it will be multiplied | ضعف |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 11 | أَجْرٌۭajrun | (is) a reward | أجر |
| 12 | كَرِيمٌۭkarīmun | noble | كرم |