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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 254of 286

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا بَيْعٌۭ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌۭ وَلَا شَفَٰعَةٌۭ ۗ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ﴿٢٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
مِمَّاmimmāof what
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمrazaqnākumWe (have) provided you
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنanthat
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
يَوْمٌۭyawmuna Day
لَّاno
بَيْعٌۭbayʿunbargaining
فِيهِfīhiin it
وَلَاwalāand no
خُلَّةٌۭkhullatunfriendship
وَلَاwalāand no
شَفَـٰعَةٌۭ ۗshafāʿatunintercession
وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَwal-kāfirūnaAnd the deniers
هُمُhumuthey
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah commands His servants to spend for His sake, in the path of righteousness, from what He has granted them, so that they acquire and keep the reward of this righteous deed with their Lord and King. Let them rush to perform this deed in this life, مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ(before a Day comes) meaning, the Day of Resurrection, لاَّ بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلاَ خُلَّةٌ وَلاَ شَفَـعَةٌ(when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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