Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:261

2:261

مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

mathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīli l-lahi kamathali ḥabbatin anbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin mi-atu ḥabbatin wal-lahu yuḍāʿifu liman yashāu wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun

The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

Those who spend their wealth in God’s cause are like grains of corn that produce seven ears, each bearing a hundred grains. God gives multiple increase to whoever He wishes: He is limitless and all knowing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allâh, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allâh gives manifold increase to whom He wills. And Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.

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

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Word by Word

مَّثَلُmathaluExample
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnaspend
أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
حَبَّةٍḥabbatina grain
أَنۢبَتَتْanbatatwhich grows
سَبْعَsabʿaseven
سَنَابِلَsanābilaears
فِىfīin
كُلِّkullieach
سُنۢبُلَةٍۢsunbulatinear
مِّا۟ئَةُmi-atuhundred
حَبَّةٍۢۗḥabbatingrain(s)
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يُضَـٰعِفُyuḍāʿifugives manifold
لِمَنlimanto whom
يَشَآءُۗyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing