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Al-Isra 29

Ayah 29 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡ يَدَكَ مَغۡلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبۡسُطۡهَا كُلَّ ٱلۡبَسۡطِ فَتَقۡعُدَ مَلُومٗا مَّحۡسُورًا ٢٩

And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck1 or extend it completely2 and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., refusing to spend.

2 i.e., being extravagant.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَجۡعَلۡmaketajʿal
  3. يَدَكَyour handyadaka
  4. مَغۡلُولَةًchainedmaghlūlatan
  5. إِلَىٰtoilā
  6. عُنُقِكَyour neckʿunuqika
  7. وَلَاand notwalā
  8. تَبۡسُطۡهَاextend ittabsuṭ'hā
  9. كُلَّ(to its) utmostkulla
  10. ٱلۡبَسۡطِreachl-basṭi
  11. فَتَقۡعُدَso that you sitfataqʿuda
  12. مَلُومٗاblameworthymalūman
  13. مَّحۡسُورًاinsolventmaḥsūran

Tafsir

Do not withhold your hand from spending, and do not be wasteful when spending, if you do, you will be blameful amongst the people for your miserliness, or you will become uable to spend due to your extravagant expenditure.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran