Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:264

2:264

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُبْطِلُوا۟ صَدَقَـٰتِكُم بِٱلْمَنِّ وَٱلْأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلْدًا ۖ لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tub'ṭilū ṣadaqātikum bil-mani wal-adhā ka-alladhī yunfiqu mālahu riāa l-nāsi walā yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri famathaluhu kamathali ṣafwānin ʿalayhi turābun fa-aṣābahu wābilun fatarakahu ṣaldan lā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayin mimmā kasabū wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna

O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, do not cancel out your charitable deeds with reminders and hurtful words, like someone who spends his wealth only to be seen by people, not believing in God and the Last Day. Such a person is like a rock with earth on it: heavy rain falls and leaves it completely bare. Such people get no rewards for their works: God does not guide the disbelievers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Do not render in vain your Sadaqah (charity) by reminders of your generosity or by injury, like him who spends his wealth to be seen of men, and he does not believe in Allâh, nor in the Last Day. His likeness is the likeness of a smooth rock on which is a little dust; on it falls heavy rain which leaves it bare. They are not able to do anything with what they have earned. And Allâh does not guide the disbelieving people.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
لَاlā(Do) not
تُبْطِلُوا۟tub'ṭilūrender in vain
صَدَقَـٰتِكُمṣadaqātikumyour charities
بِٱلْمَنِّbil-maniwith reminders (of it)
وَٱلْأَذَىٰwal-adhāor [the] hurt
كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one who
يُنفِقُyunfiquspends
مَالَهُۥmālahuhis wealth
رِئَآءَriāa(to) be seen
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(by) the people
وَلَاwalāand (does) not
يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِۖl-ākhiri[the] Last
فَمَثَلُهُۥfamathaluhuThen his example
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
صَفْوَانٍṣafwānin(that of a) smooth rock
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
تُرَابٌۭturābun(is) dust
فَأَصَابَهُۥfa-aṣābahuthen fell on it
وَابِلٌۭwābilunheavy rain
فَتَرَكَهُۥfatarakahuthen left it
صَلْدًۭاۖṣaldanbare
لَّاlāNot
يَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūnathey have control
عَلَىٰʿalāon
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
كَسَبُوا۟ۗkasabūthey (have) earned
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelieving