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Ya-Sin 47

Ayah 47 of 83 · Meccan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنُطۡعِمُ مَن لَّوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطۡعَمَهُۥٓ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٧

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allāh has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allāh had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  4. أَنفِقُواْSpendanfiqū
  5. مِمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  6. رَزَقَكُمُ(has) provided yourazaqakumu
  7. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  8. قَالَSaidqāla
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  11. لِلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  12. ءَامَنُوٓاْbelievedāmanū
  13. أَنُطۡعِمُShould we feedanuṭ'ʿimu
  14. مَنwhomman
  15. لَّوۡiflaw
  16. يَشَآءُAllah willed yashāu
  17. ٱللَّهُAllah willed l-lahu
  18. أَطۡعَمَهُۥٓHe would have fed himaṭʿamahu
  19. إِنۡNotin
  20. أَنتُمۡ(are) youantum
  21. إِلَّاexceptillā
  22. فِيinfī
  23. ضَلَٰلٖan errorḍalālin
  24. مُّبِينٖclearmubīnin

Tafsir

When these stubborn ones are told: Assist the poor and the needy with the wealth that Allah has provided you with, they disapprovingly reply saying to those who have faith: Shall we feed those whom Allah could feed if He wanted to?! So we do not go against His will. You, O believers, are simply in clearly error and far off from the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran