Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:215

2:215

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ ۖ قُلْ مَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

yasalūnaka mādhā yunfiqūna qul mā anfaqtum min khayrin falil'wālidayni wal-aqrabīna wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wa-ib'ni l-sabīli wamā tafʿalū min khayrin fa-inna l-laha bihi ʿalīmun

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it."

— Saheeh International

They ask you [Prophet] what they should give. Say, ‘Whatever you give should be for parents, close relatives, orphans, the needy, and travellers. God is well aware of whatever good you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) what they should spend. Say: Whatever you spend of good must be for parents and kindred and orphans and Al-Masâkîn (the poor) and the wayfarer, and whatever you do of good deeds, truly, Allâh knows it well.

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

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Word by Word

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
مَاذَاmādhāwhat
يُنفِقُونَۖyunfiqūnathey (should) spend
قُلْqulSay
مَآmāWhatever
أَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou spend
مِّنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِfalil'wālidayni(is) for parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand (of)
ٱلسَّبِيلِۗl-sabīlithe wayfarer
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
مِنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
فَإِنَّfa-innaSo indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِهِۦbihiof it
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Aware