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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 261of 286

مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍۢ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍۢ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿٢٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّثَلُmathaluExample
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnaspend
أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
حَبَّةٍḥabbatina grain
أَنۢبَتَتْanbatatwhich grows
سَبْعَsabʿaseven
سَنَابِلَsanābilaears
فِىin
كُلِّkullieach
سُنۢبُلَةٍۢsunbulatinear
مِّا۟ئَةُmi-atuhundred
حَبَّةٍۢ ۗḥabbatingrain(s)
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يُضَـٰعِفُyuḍāʿifugives manifold
لِمَنlimanto whom
يَشَآءُ ۗyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Rewards of Spending in Allah's CauseThis is a parable that Allah made of the multiplication of rewards for those who spend in His cause, seeking His pleasure. Allah multiplies the good deed ten to seven hundred times. Allah said,مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَلَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ(The parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah...)Sa`id bin Jubayr commented, "Meaning spending in Allah's obedience.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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