Quran 58:12 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, when you come to speak privately with the Messenger, offer something in charity before your conversation: that is better for you and purer. If you do not have the means, God is most forgiving and merciful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۚ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā nājaytumu l-rasūla faqaddimū bayna yaday najwākum ṣadaqatan dhālika khayrun lakum wa-aṭharu fa-in lam tajidū fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, when you conspire with the Messenger, before your conspiring advance a freewill offering; that is better for you and purer. Yet if you find not means, God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Whenever you [intend to] consult the Apostle, offer up something in charity on the occasion of your consultation: this will be for your own good, and more conducive to your [inner] purity. Yet if you are unable to do so, [know that,] verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, when you [wish to] privately consult the Messenger, present before your consultation a charity. That is better for you and purer. But if you find not [the means] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 5 | نَـٰجَيْتُمُnājaytumu | you privately consult | نجو |
| 6 | ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūla | the Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | فَقَدِّمُوا۟faqaddimū | then offer | قدم |
| 8 | بَيْنَbayna | before | بين |
| 9 | يَدَىْyaday | before | يدي |
| 10 | نَجْوَىٰكُمْnajwākum | your private consultation | نجو |
| 11 | صَدَقَةًۭ ۚṣadaqatan | charity | صدق |
| 12 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 13 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 14 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 15 | وَأَطْهَرُ ۚwa-aṭharu | and purer | طهر |
| 16 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 17 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 18 | تَجِدُوا۟tajidū | you find | وجد |
| 19 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 20 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 21 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 22 | رَّحِيمٌraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |