Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:272

2:272

۞ لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَىٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

laysa ʿalayka hudāhum walākinna l-laha yahdī man yashāu wamā tunfiqū min khayrin fali-anfusikum wamā tunfiqūna illā ib'tighāa wajhi l-lahi wamā tunfiqū min khayrin yuwaffa ilaykum wa-antum lā tuẓ'lamūna

Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

— Saheeh International

It is not for you [Prophet] to guide them; it is God who guides whoever He will. Whatever charity you give benefits your own soul, provided you do it for the sake of God: whatever you give will be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Not upon you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is their guidance, but Allâh guides whom He wills. And whatever you spend in good, it is for yourselves, when you spend not except seeking Allâh’s Countenance. And whatever you spend in good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.

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

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۞ لَّيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhum(is) their guidance
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَهْدِىyahdīguides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۗyashāuHe wills
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
مِنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْۚfali-anfusikumthen it is for yourself
وَمَاwamāand not
تُنفِقُونَtunfiqūnayou spend
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
وَجْهِwajhi(the) face
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
مِنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
يُوَفَّyuwaffawill be repaid in full
إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
لَاlā(will) not
تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnabe wronged