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Ar-Rum 38

Ayah 38 of 60 · Meccan

فَـَٔاتِ ذَا ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٣٨

So give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh, and it is they who will be the successful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَـَٔاتِSo givefaāti
  2. ذَاthe relativedhā
  3. ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰthe relativel-qur'bā
  4. حَقَّهُۥhis rightḥaqqahu
  5. وَٱلۡمِسۡكِينَand the poorwal-mis'kīna
  6. وَٱبۡنَand the wayfarerwa-ib'na
  7. ٱلسَّبِيلِۚand the wayfarerl-sabīli
  8. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  9. خَيۡرٞ(is) bestkhayrun
  10. لِّلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  11. يُرِيدُونَdesireyurīdūna
  12. وَجۡهَ(the) Countenancewajha
  13. ٱللَّهِۖ(of) Allahl-lahi
  14. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَAnd thosewa-ulāika
  15. هُمُtheyhumu
  16. ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ(are) the successful onesl-muf'liḥūna

Tafsir

O Muslim! Give the relative whatever goodness and kinship he deserves, give the needy whatever he can fulfil his need with and help the stranger whose path back home has been cut off. Giving in these causes is better for those who seek the pleasure of Allah; those who give priority to this kind of assistance and rights are the ones who succeed by achieving their objective of paradise, and being granted safety from the feared punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran