Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 265
وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.
Al-Baqarah · 2:265
Word by word
- وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd (the) example
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnaspend
- أَمْوَٰلَهُمُamwālahumutheir wealth
- ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
- مَرْضَاتِmarḍāti(the) pleasure
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَتَثْبِيتًۭاwatathbītanand certainty
- مِّنْminfrom
- أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimtheir (inner) souls
- كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
- جَنَّةٍۭjannatina garden
- بِرَبْوَةٍbirabwatinon a height
- أَصَابَهَاaṣābahāfell on it
- وَابِلٌۭwābilunheavy rain
- فَـَٔاتَتْfaātatso it yielded
- أُكُلَهَاukulahāits harvest
- ضِعْفَيْنِḍiʿ'faynidouble
- فَإِنfa-inThen if
- لَّمْlam(does) not
- يُصِبْهَاyuṣib'hāfall (on) it
- وَابِلٌۭwābilunheavy rain
- فَطَلٌّۭ ۗfaṭallunthen a drizzle
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
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