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At-Taghabun 16

Ayah 16 of 18 · Medinan

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ وَٱسۡمَعُواْ وَأَطِيعُواْ وَأَنفِقُواْ خَيۡرٗا لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٦

So fear Allāh as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allāh]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱتَّقُواْSo fearfa-ittaqū
  2. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡyou are ableis'taṭaʿtum
  5. وَٱسۡمَعُواْand listenwa-is'maʿū
  6. وَأَطِيعُواْand obeywa-aṭīʿū
  7. وَأَنفِقُواْand spendwa-anfiqū
  8. خَيۡرٗا(it is) betterkhayran
  9. لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗfor yourselvesli-anfusikum
  10. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  11. يُوقَis savedyūqa
  12. شُحَّ(from the) greedinessshuḥḥa
  13. نَفۡسِهِۦ(of) his soulnafsihi
  14. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  15. هُمُ[they]humu
  16. ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ(are) the successful onesl-muf'liḥūna

Tafsir

So be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions as far as you can follow Him. Listen and follow Allah and His messenger. Spend your wealth, which Allah has provided to you, in avenues of good. Those whom Allah has protected from the greed of their souls, they are the ones who will attain what they desire and who will be saved from what they fear.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran