Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 265
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وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَآتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
Translation by words
- وَمَثَلُ
- And (the) example
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- (of) those who
- يُنفِقُونَ
- spend
- أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ
- their wealth
- ٱبْتِغَآءَ
- seeking
- مَرْضَاتِ
- (the) pleasure
- ٱللَّهِ
- (of) Allah,
- وَتَثْبِيتًا
- and certainty
- مِّنْ
- from
- أَنفُسِهِمْ
- their (inner) souls,
- كَمَثَلِ
- (is) like
- جَنَّةٍۭ
- a garden
- بِرَبْوَةٍ
- on a height,
- أَصَابَهَا
- fell on it
- وَابِلٌ
- heavy rain
- فَـَٔاتَتْ
- so it yielded
- أُكُلَهَا
- its harvest
- ضِعْفَيْنِ
- double.
- فَإِن
- Then if
- لَّمْ
- (does) not
- يُصِبْهَا
- fall (on) it
- وَابِلٌ
- heavy rain,
- فَطَلٌّ
- then a drizzle.
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- بِمَا
- of what
- تَعْمَلُونَ
- you do
- بَصِيرٌ
- (is) All-Seer.
And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allah 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 Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.
2:265
Translation: Saheeh International