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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [2:273] | Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina alttaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona alnnasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleemun |  للفقراء الذين أحصروا في سبيل الله لا يستطيعون ضربا في الأرض يحسبهم الجاهل أغنياء من التعفف تعرفهم بسيماهم لا يسألون الناس إلحافا وما تنفقوا من خير فإن الله به عليملِلْفُقَرَاءِ الَّذِينَ أُحصِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي الأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لاَ يَسْأَلُونَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (خیرات) ان فقراءکا حق ہے جو اﷲ کی راہ میں (کسبِ معاش سے) روک دیئے گئے ہیں وہ (امورِ دین میں ہمہ وقت مشغول رہنے کے باعث) زمین میں چل پھر بھی نہیں سکتے ان کے (زُھداً) طمع سے باز رہنے کے باعث نادان (جو ان کے حال سے بے خبر ہے) انہیں مالدار سمجھے ہوئے ہے، تم انہیں ان کی صورت سے پہچان لو گے، وہ لوگوں سے بالکل سوال ہی نہیں کرتے کہ کہیں (مخلوق کے سامنے) گڑگڑانا نہ پڑے، اور تم جو مال بھی خرچ کرو تو بیشک اﷲ اسے خوب جانتا ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah's cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work): the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want. Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They beg not importunately from all the sundry. And whatever of good ye give, be assured Allah knoweth it well.
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| Ahmed Ali | خیرات ان حاجت مندوں کے لیے ہے جو الله کی راہ میں رکےہوئے ہیں ملک میں چل پھر نہیں سکتے ناواقف ان کے سوال نہ کرنے سے انہیں مال دار سمجھتا ہے تو ان کے چہرے سے پہچان سکتا ہے لوگوں سے لپٹ کر سوال نہیں کرتے اور جو کام کی چیز تم خرچ کرو گے بے شک وہ الله کو معلوم ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | ان فقیروں کے لئے جو راہ خدا میں روکے گئے زمین میں چل نہیں سکتے نادان انہیں تونگر سمجھے بچنے کے سبب تو انہیں ان کی صورت سے پہچان لے گا لوگوں سے سوال نہیں کرتے کہ گڑ گڑانا پڑے اور تم جو خیرات کرو اللہ اسے جانتا ہے، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | (خرچ کرو) ایسے حاجت مندوں پر جو رُکے بیٹھے ہیں اللہ کی راہ میں، نہیں طاقت رکھتے چلنے پھرنےکی زمین میں، سمجھتا ہے انہیں ایک ناواقف آدمی خوش حال، سوال نہ کرنے کی وجہ سے، پہچان سکتے ہو تم ان (کی حالت) کو ان کے چہرے سے، نہیں مانگتے لوگوں سے پیچھے پڑکر۔ اور جو بھی خرچ کرو گے تم کوئی مال بیشک اللہ اسے جانتا ہے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | (اور ہاں تم جو خرچ کرو گے تو) ان حاجتمندوں کے لئے جو خدا کی راہ میں رکے بیٹھے ہیں اور ملک میں کسی طرف جانے کی طاقت نہیں رکھتے (اور مانگنے سے عار رکھتے ہیں) یہاں تک کہ نہ مانگنے کی وجہ سے ناواقف شخص ان کو غنی خیال کرتا ہے اور تم قیافے سے ان کو صاف پہچان لو (کہ حاجتمند ہیں اور شرم کے سبب) لوگوں سے (منہ پھوڑ کر اور) لپٹ کر نہیں مانگ سکتے اور تم جو مال خرچ کرو گے کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا اس کو جانتا ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | خیرات ان فقیروں کے لئے ہے جو رکے ہوئے ہیں اللہ کی راہ میں چل پھر نہیں سکتے ملک میں سمجھے ان کو ناواقف مالدار ان کے سوال نہ کرنے سے تو پہچانتا ہے ان کو انکے چہرہ سے نہیں سوال کرتے لوگوں سے لپٹ کر اور جو کچھ خرچ کرو گے کام کی چیز وہ بیشک اللہ کو معلوم | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | خاص طور پر مدد کے مستحق وہ تنگ دست لوگ ہیں جو اللہ کے کام میں ایسے گھر گئے ہیں کہ اپنی ذاتی کسب معاش کے لیے زمین میں کوئی دوڑ دھوپ نہیں کرسکتے ان کی خود داری دیکھ کر ناواقف آدمی گمان کرتا ہے کہ یہ خوش حال ہیں تم ان کے چہروں سے ان کی اندرونی حالت پہچان سکتے ہو مگر وہ ایسے لوگ نہیں ہیں کہ لوگوں کے پیچھے پڑ کر کچھ مانگیں اُن کی اعانت میں جو کچھ مال تم خرچ کرو گے وہ اللہ سے پوشیدہ نہ رہے گا | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | For the poor , those who were restricted/surrounded in God's way/sake , they are not able (to go) moving/traveling in the earth/Planet Earth, the ignorant/foolish thinks/supposes them (as) rich from the purity/refrainment (dignity), you know them by their expressions/marks , they do not ask/question the people persistently , and what you spend from goodness/wealth , so that God (is) with it knowledgeable. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah's cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work): the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want. Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They beg not importunately from all the sundry. And whatever of good ye give, be assured Allah knoweth it well. | ||||||
| Pickthal | (Alms are) for the poor who are straitened for the cause of Allah, who cannot travel in the land (for trade). The unthinking man accounteth them wealthy because of their restraint. Thou shalt know them by their mark: They do not beg of men with importunity. And whatsoever good thing ye spend, lo! Allah knoweth it. | ||||||
| Arberry | it being for the poor who are restrained in the way of God, and are unable to journey in the land; the ignorant man supposes them rich because of their abstinence, but thou shalt know them by their mark -- they do not beg of men importunately. And whatever good you expend, surely God has knowledge of it. | ||||||
| Shakir | (Alms are) for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah-- they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging); you can recognise them by their mark; they do not beg from men importunately; and whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah knows it. | ||||||
| Sarwar | (If the recipients of charity are) the poor whose poverty, because of their striving for the cause of God, has become an obstacle for them, and who do not have the ability to travel in the land, they seem rich compared to the ignorant, because of their modest behavior. You would know them by their faces. They would never earnestly ask people for help. God knows well whatever wealth you spend for the cause of God. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | [Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good indeed, Allah is Knowing of it. | ||||||
| Malik | Charity is for those needy people who are engaged so much in the cause of Allah that they cannot move about in the land to earn their livelihood: the ignorant think that they are wealthy on account of their modest behavior. You can recognize them by their look because they do not make insistent demands on people. Whatever you spend on them, surely Allah knows it.[273] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | (Charity) is for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah, they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging). Thou canst recognize them by their maker -- they beg not of men importunately. And whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah is Knower of it. | ||||||
| Free Minds | As for the poor who face hardship in the cause of God, and they cannot leave the land; the ignorant ones think they are rich from their modesty; you know them by their features, they do not ask the people repeatedly. And what you spend out of goodness, God is fully aware of it. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | (Charity is) for the poor who are restrained in the way of Allah, and are unable to journey in the land. The ignorant take them to be rich because of their abstinence. But you can recognize them by their signs. They do not persistently beg people. Whatever good you give is known to Allah. | ||||||
| George Sale | unto the poor who are wholly employed in fighting for the religion of God, and cannot go to and fro in the earth; whom the ignorant man thinketh rich, because of their modesty: Thou shalt know them by this mark, they ask not men with importunity; and what good ye shall give in alms, verily God knoweth it. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | There are among you the poor, who being shut up to fighting for the cause of God, have it not in their power to strike out into the earth for riches. Those who know them not, think them rich because of their modesty. By this their token thou shalt know the | ||||||
| Asad | [And give] unto [such of] the needy who, being wholly wrapped up in God's cause, are unable to go about the earth [in search of livelihood]. He who is unaware [of their condition] might think that they are wealthy, because they abstain [from begging]; [but] thou canst recognize them by their special mark: they do not beg of men with importunity. And whatever good you may spend [on them], verily, God knows it all. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Charity shall go to the poor who are suffering in the cause of GOD, and cannot emigrate. The unaware may think that they are rich, due to their dignity. But you can recognize them by certain signs; they never beg from the people persistently. Whatever charity you give, GOD is fully aware thereof. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | (Charity is) for Fuqara (the poor), who in Allahs Cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land (for trade or work). The one who knows them not, thinks that they are rich because of their modesty. You may know them by their mark, they do not beg of people at all. And whatever you spend in good, surely Allah knows it well. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And give to the needy who are suffering in the Cause of Allah and cannot emigrate and those who are unable to go about the earth in search of livelihood. One, who is unaware of their condition, might think they are free from want, because they abstain from begging. But you can recognize them by the marks on their faces because they do not ask people insistently. Whatever good thing you spend on them, Allah is Aware of it. | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 2 - Al-Baqarah | Showing verse 273 of 286 in chapter 2 | |||||
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