Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:38

47:38

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبْخَلُ ۖ وَمَن يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ ۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓا۟ أَمْثَـٰلَكُم

hāantum hāulāi tud'ʿawna litunfiqū fī sabīli l-lahi faminkum man yabkhalu waman yabkhal fa-innamā yabkhalu ʿan nafsihi wal-lahu l-ghaniyu wa-antumu l-fuqarāu wa-in tatawallaw yastabdil qawman ghayrakum thumma lā yakūnū amthālakum

Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allāh - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allāh is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away [i.e., refuse], He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.

— Saheeh International

though now you are called upon to give [a little] for the sake of God, some of you are grudging. Whoever is grudging is so only towards himself: God is the source of wealth and you are the needy ones. He will substitute other people for you if you turn away, and they will not be like you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Behold! You are those who are called to spend in the Cause of Allâh, yet among you are some who are niggardly. And whoever is niggardly, it is only at the expense of his ownself. But Allâh is Rich (Free of all needs), and you (mankind) are poor. And if you turn away (from Islâm and the obedience to Allâh), He will exchange you for some other people and they will not be your likes.

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

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Word by Word

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you are
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
تُدْعَوْنَtud'ʿawnacalled
لِتُنفِقُوا۟litunfiqūto spend
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَمِنكُمfaminkumbut among you
مَّنman(are some) who
يَبْخَلُۖyabkhaluwithhold
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يَبْخَلْyabkhalwithholds
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَبْخَلُyabkhaluhe withholds
عَنʿanfrom
نَّفْسِهِۦۚnafsihihimself
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu(is) Free of need
وَأَنتُمُwa-antumuwhile you
ٱلْفُقَرَآءُۚl-fuqarāu(are) the needy
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawyou turn away
يَسْتَبْدِلْyastabdilHe will replace you
قَوْمًاqawman(with) a people
غَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاlānot
يَكُونُوٓا۟yakūnūthey will be
أَمْثَـٰلَكُمamthālakum(the) likes of you