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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 215of 286

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ ۖ قُلْ مَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٢١٥﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

They ask you, [O Muhammad], 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, Allah is Knowing of it."

Word-by-word meaning

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
مَاذَاmādhāwhat
يُنفِقُونَ ۖyunfiqūnathey (should) spend
قُلْqulSay
مَآmāWhatever
أَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou spend
مِّنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِfalil'wālidayni(is) for parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand (of)
ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗl-sabīlithe wayfarer
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
مِنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
فَإِنَّfa-innaSo indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِهِۦbihiof it
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Who deserves the Nafaqah (Spending or Charity)Muqatil bin Hayyan said that this Ayah was revealed about the voluntary charity. The Ayah means, `They ask you (O Muhammad ) how they should spend,' as Ibn `Abbas and Mujahid have stated.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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