Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:271

2:271

إِن تُبْدُوا۟ ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِىَ ۖ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا ٱلْفُقَرَآءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

in tub'dū l-ṣadaqāti faniʿimmā hiya wa-in tukh'fūhā watu'tūhā l-fuqarāa fahuwa khayrun lakum wayukaffiru ʿankum min sayyiātikum wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun

If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.

— Saheeh International

If you give charity openly, it is good, but if you keep it secret and give to the needy in private, that is better for you, and it will atone for some of your bad deeds: God is well aware of all that you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you disclose your Sadaqât (alms-giving), it is well; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, that is better for you. (Allâh) will expiate you some of your sins. And Allâh is Well-Acquainted with what you do.

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

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Word by Word

إِنinIf
تُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou disclose
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities
فَنِعِمَّاfaniʿimmāthen good
هِىَۖhiyait (is)
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تُخْفُوهَاtukh'fūhāyou keep it secret
وَتُؤْتُوهَاwatu'tūhāand give it
ٱلْفُقَرَآءَl-fuqarāa(to) the poor
فَهُوَfahuwathen it
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّكُمْۚlakumfor you
وَيُكَفِّرُwayukaffiruAnd He will remove
عَنكُمʿankumfrom you
مِّنmin[of]
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْۗsayyiātikumyour evil deeds
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāwith what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware