Surah Al-Mujadila (المجادلة) • The Pleading Woman

Quran 58:12

58:12

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نَـٰجَيْتُمُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا۟ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ نَجْوَىٰكُمْ صَدَقَةً ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā nājaytumu l-rasūla faqaddimū bayna yaday najwākum ṣadaqatan dhālika khayrun lakum wa-aṭharu fa-in lam tajidū fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

O you who have believed, when you [wish to] privately consult the Messenger, present before your consultation a charity. That is better for you and purer. But if you find not [the means] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, when you come to speak privately with the Messenger, offer something in charity before your conversation: that is better for you and purer. If you do not have the means, God is most forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! When you (want to) consult the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in private, spend something in charity before your private consultation. That will be better and purer for you. But if you find not (the means for it), then verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِذَاidhāWhen
نَـٰجَيْتُمُnājaytumuyou privately consult
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
فَقَدِّمُوا۟faqaddimūthen offer
بَيْنَbaynabefore
يَدَىْyadaybefore
نَجْوَىٰكُمْnajwākumyour private consultation
صَدَقَةًۭۚṣadaqatancharity
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
وَأَطْهَرُۚwa-aṭharuand purer
فَإِنfa-inBut if
لَّمْlamnot
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful