ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿١﴾
Alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli Allāhi aḍalla aʿmālahum
Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way of Allah, He rendereth their actions vain.
محمد
Muhammad · Medinan · 38 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿١﴾
Alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli Allāhi aḍalla aʿmālahum
Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way of Allah, He rendereth their actions vain.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۙ كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَأَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ ﴿٢﴾
Walladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti waʾāmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadin wahuwa al-ḥaqqu min rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim waʾaṣlaḥa bālahum
And those who believe and do good works and believe in that which is revealed unto Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He riddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٣﴾
Dhālika biʾanna alladhīna kafarū ittabaʿū al-bāṭila waʾanna alladhīna āmanū ittabaʿū al-ḥaqqa min rabbihim kadhālika yaḍribu Allāhu lilnnāsi amthālahum
That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind.
فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَضَرْبَ ٱلرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا۟ ٱلْوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنًّۢا بَعْدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَآءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ ٱلْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَٱنتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَا۟ بَعْضَكُم بِبَعْضٍ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٤﴾
Faʾidhā laqītumu alladhīna kafarū faḍarba ar-riqābi ḥattā idhā athkhantumūhum fashuddū al-wathāqa faʾimmā mannan baʿdu waʾimmā fidāʾan ḥattā taḍaʿa al-ḥarbu awzārahā dhālika walaw yashāʾu Allāhu lāntaṣara minhum walākin liyabluwa baʿḍakum bibaʿḍin walladhīna qutilū fī sabīli Allāhi falan yuḍilla aʿmālahum
Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.
سَيَهْدِيهِمْ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ ﴿٥﴾
Sayahdīhim wayuṣliḥu bālahum
He will guide them and improve their state,
وَيُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةَ عَرَّفَهَا لَهُمْ ﴿٦﴾
Wayudkhiluhumu al-jannata ʿarrafahā lahum
And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known to them.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تَنصُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ ﴿٧﴾
Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in tanṣurū Allāha yanṣurkum wayuthabbit aqdāmakum
O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help you and will make your foothold firm.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَعْسًا لَّهُمْ وَأَضَلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٨﴾
Walladhīna kafarū fataʿsan lahum waʾaḍalla aʿmālahum
And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them, and He will make their actions vain.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٩﴾
Dhālika biʾannahum karihū mā anzala Allāhu faʾaḥbaṭa aʿmālahum
That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath revealed, therefor maketh He their actions fruitless.
۞ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْثَـٰلُهَا ﴿١٠﴾
Afalam yasīrū fī al-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablihim dammara Allāhu ʿalayhim walilkāfirīna amthāluhā
Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوْلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَأَنَّ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَا مَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ ﴿١١﴾
Dhālika biʾanna Allāha mawlā alladhīna āmanū waʾanna al-kāfirīna lā mawlā lahum
That is because Allah is patron of those who believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأْكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ وَٱلنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ ﴿١٢﴾
Inna Allāha yudkhilu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā al-anhāru walladhīna kafarū yatamattaʿūna wayaʾkulūna kamā taʾkulu al-anʿāmu wan-nāru mathwan lahum
Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who disbelieve take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and the Fire is their habitation.
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ ﴿١٣﴾
Wakaʾayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatan min qaryatika allatī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum
And how many a township stronger than thy township (O Muhammad) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no helper!
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم ﴿١٤﴾
Afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbihi kaman zuyyina lahu sūʾu ʿamalihi wāttabaʿū ahwāʾahum
Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?
مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ فِيهَآ أَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيْرِ ءَاسِنٍ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۥ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَـٰلِدٌ فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُوا۟ مَآءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَآءَهُمْ ﴿١٥﴾
Mathalu al-jannati allatī wuʿida al-muttaqūna fīhā anhārun min māʾin ghayri āsinin waʾanhārun min labanin lam yataghayyar ṭaʿmuhu waʾanhārun min khamrin ladhdhatin lilshshāribīna waʾanhārun min ʿasalin muṣaffan walahum fīhā min kulli ath-thamarāti wamaghfiratun min rabbihim kaman huwa khālidun fī an-nāri wasuqū māʾan ḥamīman faqaṭṭaʿa amʿāʾahum
A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and rivers of milk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of clear-run honey; therein for them is every kind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all this) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels?
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ﴿١٦﴾
Waminhum man yastamiʿu ilayka ḥattā idhā kharajū min ʿindika qālū lilladhīna ūtū al-ʿilma mādhā qāla ānifan ulāʾika alladhīna ṭabaʿa Allāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wāttabaʿū ahwāʾahum
Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been given knowledge: What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَءَاتَىٰهُمْ تَقْوَىٰهُمْ ﴿١٧﴾
Walladhīna ihtadaw zādahum hudan waʾātāhum taqwāhum
While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their guidance, and giveth them their protection (against evil).
فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ ﴿١٨﴾
Fahal yanẓurūna illā as-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtatan faqad jāʾa ashrāṭuhā faʾannā lahum idhā jāʾathum dhikrāhum
Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them unawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when it hath come upon them, can they take their warning?
فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوَىٰكُمْ ﴿١٩﴾
Fāʿlam annahu lā ilāha illā Allāhu wāstaghfir lidhanbika walilmuʾminīna wal-muʾmināti wallāhu yaʿlamu mutaqallabakum wamathwākum
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no Allah save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٌ ۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُّحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙ رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ ٱلْمَغْشِىِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَأَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ ﴿٢٠﴾
Wayaqūlu alladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūratun faʾidhā unzilat sūratun muḥkamatun wadhukira fīhā al-qitālu raʾayta alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun yanẓurūna ilayka naẓara al-maghshiyyi ʿalayhi mina al-mawti faʾalā lahum
And those who believe say: If only a surah were revealed! But when a decisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein, thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of men fainting unto death. Therefor woe unto them!
طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ﴿٢١﴾
Ṭāʿatun waqawlun maʿrūfun faʾidhā ʿazama al-amru falaw ṣadaqū Allāha lakāna khayran lahum
Obedience and a civil word. Then, when the matter is determined, if they are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ أَرْحَامَكُمْ ﴿٢٢﴾
Fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidū fī al-arḍi watuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmakum
Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ﴿٢٣﴾
Ulāʾika alladhīna laʿanahumu Allāhu faʾaṣammahum waʾaʿmā abṣārahum
Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَآ ﴿٢٤﴾
Afalā yatadabbarūna al-qurʾāna am ʿalā qulūbin aqfāluhā
Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَـٰرِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَى ۙ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ وَأَمْلَىٰ لَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾
Inna alladhīna irtaddū ʿalā adbārihim min baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumu al-hudā ash-shayṭānu sawwala lahum waʾamlā lahum
Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the rein.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا۟ مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِى بَعْضِ ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِسْرَارَهُمْ ﴿٢٦﴾
Dhālika biʾannahum qālū lilladhīna karihū mā nazzala Allāhu sanuṭīʿukum fī baʿḍi al-amri wallāhu yaʿlamu isrārahum
That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath revealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their secret talk.
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ ﴿٢٧﴾
Fakayfa idhā tawaffathumu al-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum waʾadbārahum
Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَآ أَسْخَطَ ٱللَّهَ وَكَرِهُوا۟ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٢٨﴾
Dhālika biʾannahumu ittabaʿū mā askhaṭa Allāha wakarihū riḍwānahu faʾaḥbaṭa aʿmālahum
That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah, and hated that which pleaseth Him. Therefor He hath made their actions vain.
أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضْغَـٰنَهُمْ ﴿٢٩﴾
Am ḥasiba alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun an lan yukhrija Allāhu aḍghānahum
Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem that Allah will not bring to light their (secret) hates?
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَأَرَيْنَـٰكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُم بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ ۚ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِى لَحْنِ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ ﴿٣٠﴾
Walaw nashāʾu laʾaraynākahum falaʿaraftahum bisīmāhum walataʿrifannahum fī laḥni al-qawli wallāhu yaʿlamu aʿmālakum
And if We would, We could show them unto thee (Muhammad) so that thou shouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou shalt know them by the burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ وَنَبْلُوَا۟ أَخْبَارَكُمْ ﴿٣١﴾
Walanabluwannakum ḥattā naʿlama al-mujāhidīna minkum waṣ-ṣābirīna wanabluwa akhbārakum
And verily We shall try you till We know those of you who strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and the steadfast, and till We test your record.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَشَآقُّوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا وَسَيُحْبِطُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾
Inna alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli Allāhi washāqqū ar-rasūla min baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumu al-hudā lan yaḍurrū Allāha shayʾan wasayuḥbiṭu aʿmālahum
Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and oppose the messenger after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, they hurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their actions fruitless.
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبْطِلُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾
Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū aṭīʿū Allāha waʾaṭīʿū ar-rasūla walā tubṭilū aʿmālakum
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and render not your actions vain.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ ﴿٣٤﴾
Inna alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli Allāhi thumma mātū wahum kuffārun falan yaghfira Allāhu lahum
Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.
فَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَتَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّلْمِ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ ﴿٣٥﴾
Falā tahinū watadʿū ilā as-salmi waʾantumu al-aʿlawna wallāhu maʿakum walan yatirakum aʿmālakum
So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward of) your actions.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۚ وَإِن تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ يُؤْتِكُمْ أُجُورَكُمْ وَلَا يَسْـَٔلْكُمْ أَمْوَٰلَكُمْ ﴿٣٦﴾
Innamā al-ḥayātu ad-dunyā laʿibun walahwun waʾin tuʾminū watattaqū yuʾtikum ujūrakum walā yasʾalkum amwālakum
The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not ask of you your wordly wealth.
إِن يَسْـَٔلْكُمُوهَا فَيُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُوا۟ وَيُخْرِجْ أَضْغَـٰنَكُمْ ﴿٣٧﴾
In yasʾalkumūhā fayuḥfikum tabkhalū wayukhrij aḍghānakum
If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.
هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبْخَلُ ۖ وَمَن يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ ۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓا۟ أَمْثَـٰلَكُم ﴿٣٨﴾
Hā antum hāʾulāʾi tudʿawna litunfiqū fī sabīli Allāhi faminkum man yabkhalu waman yabkhal faʾinnamā yabkhalu ʿan nafsihi wallāhu al-ghaniyyu waʾantumu al-fuqarāʾu waʾin tatawallaw yastabdil qawman ghayrakum thumma lā yakūnū amthālakum
Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.