At-Taghaabun 64:16 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

be mindful of God as much as you can; hear and obey; be charitable- it is for your own good. Those who are saved from their own meanness will be the prosperous ones:

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَأَنْفِقُوا خَيْرًا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ۗ وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

fa-ittaqū l-laha mā is'taṭaʿtum wa-is'maʿū wa-aṭīʿū wa-anfiqū khayran li-anfusikum waman yūqa shuḥḥa nafsihi fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

A. J. Arberry: So fear God as far as you are able, and give ear, and obey, and expend well for yourselves. And whosoever is guarded against the avarice of his own soul, those -- they are the prosperers.
Muhammad Asad: Remain, then, conscious of God as best you can, and listen [to Him], and pay heed. And spend in charity for the good of your own selves: for, such as from their own covetousness are saved – it is they, they that shall attain to a happy state!
Sahih International: So fear Allāh as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allāh]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

Word-by-word analysis of At-Taghaabun verse 16
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqū	So fear	وقي
2	ٱللَّهَl-laha	Allah	أله
3	مَاmā	what	—
4	ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْis'taṭaʿtum	you are able	طوع
5	وَٱسْمَعُوا۟wa-is'maʿū	and listen	سمع
6	وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿū	and obey	طوع
7	وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqū	and spend	نفق
8	خَيْرًۭاkhayran	(it is) better	خير
9	لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗli-anfusikum	for yourselves	نفس
10	وَمَنwaman	And whoever	—
11	يُوقَyūqa	is saved	وقي
12	شُحَّshuḥḥa	(from the) greediness	شحح
13	نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi	(of) his soul	نفس
14	فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika	then those	—
15	هُمُhumu	[they]	—
16	ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna	(are) the successful ones	فلح

Quran 64:16 — At-Taghaabun, verse 16

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