Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 195
| وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوا ۛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- anfiqo fe sabel 'allaah wa- laa tulqo bi- ayde -kum 'ilaa at- tahlukah wa- ah.sino 'inna 'allaah yuh.ibb al- muh.sinen |
| Pickthall | : | Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands to ruin; and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent. |
| Asad | : | And spend [freely] in God's cause, and let not your own hands throw you into destruction;173 and persevere in doing good: behold, God loves the doers of good. |
| Malik | : | Give generously for the cause of Allah and do not cast yourselves into destruction by your own hands. Be charitable: Allah loves those who are charitable. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah and make not your own hands contribute to your destruction but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good. 211 |
Note - 173I.e., "you might bring about your own destruction by
withholding your personal and material contribution to
this common effort".
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Note - 211Every fight requires the wherewithals for the fight, the
"sinews of war". If the war is just and in the cause of
God, all who have wealth must spend it freely. That may
be their contribution to the Cause, in addition to their
personal effort, or if for any reason they are unable to
fight. If they hug their wealth, perhaps their own hands
are helping in their own self destruction. Or if their
wealth is being spent, not in the Cause of God, but in
something which pleases their fancy, it may be that the
advantage goes to the enemy, and they are by their action
helping their own destruction. In all things, their
standard should be, not selfishness, but the good of
their brethren, for such good is pleasing to God.
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Every fight requires the wherewithals for the fight, the "sinews of war". If the war is just and in the cause of God, all who have wealth must spend it freely. That may be their contribution to the Cause, in addition to their personal effort, or if for any reason they are unable to fight. If they hug their wealth, perhaps their own hands are helping in their own self destruction. Or if their wealth is being spent, not in the Cause of God, but in something which pleases their fancy, it may be that the advantage goes to the enemy, and they are by their action helping their own destruction. In all things, their standard should be, not selfishness, but the good of their brethren, for such good is pleasing to God. |
