Towards Understanding the Quran
With kind permission: Islamic Foundation UK
Introduction to Tafheem | Glossary | Verbs
Tafsirs: Maarif | Dawat | Ishraq | Clear
With kind permission: Islamic Foundation UK
Introduction to Tafheem | Glossary | Verbs
Tafsirs: Maarif | Dawat | Ishraq | Clear
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:254-254 [34/40]
↕
↕
Intro
↕
↕
Recite
|
Display Options [
V1 /
V2 /
V3 /
Book /
S1 /
S2 /
En /
Ar |
W↕
]
Section
Verse Summary
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Cro Magnon Man
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you
ٱلَّذِينَwho
ءَامَنُوٓاْbelieve[d]!
أَنفِقُواْSpend
مِمَّاof what
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمWe (have) provided you,
مِّن قَبْلِbefore
أَنthat
يَأْتِىَcomes
يَوْمٌa Day
لَّاno
بَيْعٌbargaining
فِيهِin it
وَلَاand no
خُلَّةٌfriendship
وَلَاand no
شَفَـٰعَةٌۗintercession.
وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَAnd the deniers -
هُمُthey
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ(are) the wrongdoers.
﴿٢٥٤﴾
يٰۤـاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اَنۡفِقُوۡا مِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰكُمۡ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِ اَنۡ يَّاۡتِىَ يَوۡمٌ لَّا بَيۡعٌ فِيۡهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَّلَا شَفَاعَةٌ ؕ وَالۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوۡنَ
(2:254) O you who believe! Spend out of what We have provided you276
before there comes a Day when there will be no buying and selling, nor will
friendship and intercession be of any avail. Indeed those who disbelieve are
the wrong-doers.277
276. This means spending in the way of God. The instruction given here is that those who have adopted the cause of the true faith should undertake financial sacrifices for its sake.
277. Here the expression 'they who disbelieve' signifies either those who refused to obey God and held their property to be clearer than God's good pleasure, or those who did not believe in the Day of which they had been warned, or those who cherished the false i11usion that in the Hereafter they would somehow be able to secure their salvation and that their association with men devoted to God would stand them in good stead for they would intercede with God on their behalf.