Quran 59:9 — Al-Hashr, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who were already firmly established in their homes [in Medina], and firmly rooted in faith, show love for those who migrated to them for refuge and harbour no desire in their hearts for what has been given to them. They give them preference over themselves, even if they too are poor: those who are saved from their own souls’ greed are truly successful.
وَالَّذِينَ تَبَوَّءُوا الدَّارَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِمَّا أُوتُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ ۚ وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
wa-alladhīna tabawwaū l-dāra wal-īmāna min qablihim yuḥibbūna man hājara ilayhim walā yajidūna fī ṣudūrihim ḥājatan mimmā ūtū wayu'thirūna ʿalā anfusihim walaw kāna bihim khaṣāṣatun waman yūqa shuḥḥa nafsihi fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who made their dwelling in the abode, and in belief, before them; love whosoever has emigrated to them, not finding in their breasts any need for what they have been given, and preferring others above themselves, even though poverty be their portion. And whoso is guarded against the avarice of his own soul, those -- they are the prosperers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [it shall be offered, too, unto the poor from among] those who, before them, had their abode in this realm and in faith - [those] who love all that come to them in search of refuge, and who harbour in their hearts no grudge for whatever the others may have been given, but rather give them preference over themselves, even though poverty be their own lot: for, such as from their own covetousness are saved - it is they, they that shall attain to a happy state!
- Sahih International
- And [also for] those who were settled in the Home [i.e.,al-Madīnah] and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what they [i.e., the emigrants] were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | تَبَوَّءُوtabawwaū | settled | بوأ |
| 3 | ٱلدَّارَl-dāra | (in) the home | دور |
| 4 | وَٱلْإِيمَـٰنَwal-īmāna | and (accepted) faith | أمن |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 7 | يُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūna | love | حبب |
| 8 | مَنْman | (those) who | — |
| 9 | هَاجَرَhājara | emigrated | هجر |
| 10 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | يَجِدُونَyajidūna | they find | وجد |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | صُدُورِهِمْṣudūrihim | their breasts | صدر |
| 15 | حَاجَةًۭḥājatan | any want | حوج |
| 16 | مِّمَّآmimmā | of what | — |
| 17 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | they were given | أتي |
| 18 | وَيُؤْثِرُونَwayu'thirūna | but prefer | أثر |
| 19 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | over | — |
| 20 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 21 | وَلَوْwalaw | even though | — |
| 22 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 23 | بِهِمْbihim | with them | — |
| 24 | خَصَاصَةٌۭ ۚkhaṣāṣatun | poverty | خصص |
| 25 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 26 | يُوقَyūqa | is saved | وقي |
| 27 | شُحَّshuḥḥa | (from) stinginess | شحح |
| 28 | نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi | (of) his soul | نفس |
| 29 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 30 | هُمُhumu | [they] | — |
| 31 | ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna | (are) the successful ones | فلح |