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Al-Baqarah 215

Ayah 215 of 286 · Medinan

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَۖ قُلۡ مَآ أَنفَقۡتُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَلِلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۗ وَمَا تَفۡعَلُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٞ ٢١٥

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnaka
  2. مَاذَاwhatmādhā
  3. يُنفِقُونَۖthey (should) spendyunfiqūna
  4. قُلۡSayqul
  5. مَآWhatevermā
  6. أَنفَقۡتُمyou spendanfaqtum
  7. مِّنۡofmin
  8. خَيۡرٖgoodkhayrin
  9. فَلِلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ(is) for parentsfalil'wālidayni
  10. وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَand the relativeswal-aqrabīna
  11. وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰand the orphanswal-yatāmā
  12. وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
  13. وَٱبۡنِand (of)wa-ib'ni
  14. ٱلسَّبِيلِۗthe wayfarerl-sabīli
  15. وَمَاAnd whateverwamā
  16. تَفۡعَلُواْyou dotafʿalū
  17. مِنۡofmin
  18. خَيۡرٖgoodkhayrin
  19. فَإِنَّSo indeedfa-inna
  20. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  21. بِهِۦof itbihi
  22. عَلِيمٞ(is) All-Awareʿalīmun

Tafsir

Your Companions, O Prophet, ask you what they should spend from their wealth and where they should allocate it. Say to them in reply: Any permissible and pure wealth you spend should be given to parents, close relatives in need, needy orphans, the poor who have no wealth and the traveller who is cut-off from his family and home. Allah knows of any good you do as believers, no matter how small. Nothing is hidden from Him and He will reward you for it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran