Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:265

2:265

وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

wamathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahumu ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi watathbītan min anfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin aṣābahā wābilun faātat ukulahā ḍiʿ'fayni fa-in lam yuṣib'hā wābilun faṭallun wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

— Saheeh International

But those who spend their wealth in order to gain God’s approval, and as an affirmation of their own faith, are like a garden on a hill: heavy rain falls and it produces double its normal yield; even if no heavy rain falls, it will still be watered by the dew. God sees all that you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the likeness of those who spend their wealth seeking Allâh’s Pleasure while they in their ownselves are sure and certain that Allâh will reward them (for their spending in His Cause), is the likeness of a garden on a height; heavy rain falls on it and it doubles its yield of harvest. And if it does not receive heavy rain, light rain suffices it. And Allâh is All-Seer (knows well) of what you do.

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

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وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd (the) example
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnaspend
أَمْوَٰلَهُمُamwālahumutheir wealth
ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
مَرْضَاتِmarḍāti(the) pleasure
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَتَثْبِيتًۭاwatathbītanand certainty
مِّنْminfrom
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimtheir (inner) souls
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
جَنَّةٍۭjannatina garden
بِرَبْوَةٍbirabwatinon a height
أَصَابَهَاaṣābahāfell on it
وَابِلٌۭwābilunheavy rain
فَـَٔاتَتْfaātatso it yielded
أُكُلَهَاukulahāits harvest
ضِعْفَيْنِḍiʿ'faynidouble
فَإِنfa-inThen if
لَّمْlam(does) not
يُصِبْهَاyuṣib'hāfall (on) it
وَابِلٌۭwābilunheavy rain
فَطَلٌّۭۗfaṭallunthen a drizzle
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer