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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 267of 286

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّآ أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغْمِضُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ﴿٢٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
مِنminfrom
طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good things
مَاthat
كَسَبْتُمْkasabtumyou have earned
وَمِمَّآwamimmāand whatever
أَخْرَجْنَاakhrajnāWe brought forth
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍithe earth
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَيَمَّمُوا۟tayammamūaim (at)
ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe bad
مِنْهُmin'huof it
تُنفِقُونَtunfiqūnayou spend
وَلَسْتُمwalastumwhile you (would) not
بِـَٔاخِذِيهِbiākhidhīhitake it
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنan[that]
تُغْمِضُوا۟tugh'miḍū(with) close(d) eyes
فِيهِ ۚfīhi[in it]
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَنِىٌّghaniyyun(is) Self-Sufficient
حَمِيدٌḥamīdunPraiseworthy

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Encouragement to Spend Honest Money for Allah's SakeAllah commands His believing servants to spend in charity, as Ibn `Abbas stated, from the pure, honest money that they earned and from the fruits and vegetables that He has grown for them in the land. Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah commanded them to spend from the purest, finest and best types of their money and prohibited spending from evil and dishonest money, because Allah is pure and good and only accepts that which is pure and good.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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