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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 245of 286

مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضْعَافًۭا كَثِيرَةًۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۜطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ﴿٢٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّنmanWho
ذَاdhā(is) the one
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwho
يُقْرِضُyuq'riḍuwill lend
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
قَرْضًاqarḍana loan
حَسَنًۭاḥasanangood
فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥfayuḍāʿifahuso (that) He multiplies it
لَهُۥٓlahufor him
أَضْعَافًۭاaḍʿāfanmanifolds
كَثِيرَةًۭ ۚkathīratanmany
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَقْبِضُyaqbiḍuwithholds
وَيَبْصُۜطُwayabṣuṭuand grants abundance
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Dead PeopleIbn Abu Hatim related that Ibn `Abbas said that these people mentioned herein, were the residents of a village called Dawardan. `Ali bin `Asim said that they were from Dawardan, a village several miles away from Wasit (in Iraq).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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