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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍۢ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٩٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.

Word-by-word meaning

لَنlanNever
تَنَالُوا۟tanālūwill you attain
ٱلْبِرَّl-bira[the] righteousness
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
تُحِبُّونَ ۚtuḥibbūnayou love
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
مِنminof
شَىْءٍۢshayina thing
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِهِۦbihiof it
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Al-Birr is Spending from the Best of One's WealthIn his Tafsir, Waki` reported, that `Amr bin Maymun said thatلَن تَنَالُواْ الْبِرَّ(By no means shall you attain Al-Birr) is in reference to attaining Paradise.Imam Ahmad reported that Anas bin Malik said, "Abu Talhah had more property than any other among the Ansar in Al-Madinah, and the most beloved of his property to him was Bayruha' garden, which was in front of the (Messenger's) Masjid.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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