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Al-Furqan 67

Ayah 67 of 77 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَكَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامٗا ٦٧

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  2. إِذَآwhenidhā
  3. أَنفَقُواْthey spendanfaqū
  4. لَمۡ(are) not extravagantlam
  5. يُسۡرِفُواْ(are) not extravagantyus'rifū
  6. وَلَمۡand are not stingywalam
  7. يَقۡتُرُواْand are not stingyyaqturū
  8. وَكَانَbut arewakāna
  9. بَيۡنَbetweenbayna
  10. ذَٰلِكَthat dhālika
  11. قَوَامٗاmoderateqawāman

Tafsir

They are those whom when they spend their wealth do not go to the limit of extravagance in their spending, nor do they restrict their spending to only those whom they have to spend on such as themselves and others, but their spending is balanced between wastefulness and niggardliness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran