Sura 47 Muhammad, ayah 38
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هَا أَنْتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَبْخَلُ ۖ وَمَنْ يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَأَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ ۚ وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُمْ
Translation by words
- هَٰٓأَنتُمْ
- Here you are -
- هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
- these,
- تُدْعَوْنَ
- called
- لِتُنفِقُوا۟
- to spend
- فِى
- in
- سَبِيلِ
- (the) way
- ٱللَّهِ
- (of) Allah -
- فَمِنكُم
- but among you
- مَّن
- (are some) who
- يَبْخَلُ
- withhold,
- وَمَن
- and whoever
- يَبْخَلْ
- withholds,
- فَإِنَّمَا
- then only
- يَبْخَلُ
- he withholds
- عَن
- from
- نَّفْسِهِۦ
- himself.
- وَٱللَّهُ
- But Allah
- ٱلْغَنِىُّ
- (is) Free of need,
- وَأَنتُمُ
- while you
- ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ
- (are) the needy.
- وَإِن
- And if
- تَتَوَلَّوْا۟
- you turn away
- يَسْتَبْدِلْ
- He will replace you
- قَوْمًا
- (with) a people
- غَيْرَكُمْ
- other than you,
- ثُمَّ
- then
- لَا
- not
- يَكُونُوٓا۟
- they will be
- أَمْثَٰلَكُم
- (the) likes of you.
Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold (out of greed). And whoever withholds only withholds (benefit) from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.
47:38
Translation: Saheeh International