Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:29

17:29

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا

walā tajʿal yadaka maghlūlatan ilā ʿunuqika walā tabsuṭ'hā kulla l-basṭi fataqʿuda malūman maḥsūran

And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

— Saheeh International

Do not be tight-fisted, nor so open-handed that you end up blamed and overwhelmed with regret.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And let not your hand be tied (like a miser) to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَجْعَلْtajʿalmake
يَدَكَyadakayour hand
مَغْلُولَةًmaghlūlatanchained
إِلَىٰilāto
عُنُقِكَʿunuqikayour neck
وَلَاwalāand not
تَبْسُطْهَاtabsuṭ'hāextend it
كُلَّkulla(to its) utmost
ٱلْبَسْطِl-basṭireach
فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿudaso that you sit
مَلُومًۭاmalūmanblameworthy
مَّحْسُورًاmaḥsūraninsolvent