Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 273
لِلْفُقَرَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَآءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ
[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allāh, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.
Word by word
- لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāiFor the poor
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُحْصِرُوا۟uḥ'ṣirūare wrapped up
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لَاlānot
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
- ضَرْبًۭاḍarban(to) move about
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- يَحْسَبُهُمُyaḥsabuhumuThink (about) them
- ٱلْجَاهِلُl-jāhiluthe ignorant one
- أَغْنِيَآءَaghniyāa(that they are) self-sufficient
- مِنَmina(because) of
- ٱلتَّعَفُّفِl-taʿafufi(their) restraint
- تَعْرِفُهُمtaʿrifuhumyou recognize them
- بِسِيمَـٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their mark
- لَاlāNot
- يَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūna(do) they ask
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
- إِلْحَافًۭا ۗil'ḥāfanwith importunity
- وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
- تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
- مِنْminof
- خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- بِهِۦbihiof it
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
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