The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #44
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يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
لَا
تُبْطِلُوا
صَدَقَاتِكُم
بِالْمَنِّ
وَالْأَذَى
كَالَّذِي
يُنفِقُ
مَالَهُ
رِئَاءَ
النَّاسِ
وَلَا
يُؤْمِنُ
بِاللَّهِ
وَالْيَوْمِ
الْآخِرِ
فَمَثَلُهُ
كَمَثَلِ
صَفْوَانٍ
عَلَيْهِ
تُرَابٌ
فَأَصَابَهُ
وَابِلٌ
فَتَرَكَهُ
صَلْدًا
لَّا
يَقْدِرُونَ
عَلَى
شَيْءٍ
مِّمَّا
كَسَبُوا
وَاللَّهُ
لَا
يَهْدِي
الْقَوْمَ
الْكَافِرِينَ
yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tubṭilū ṣadaqātikum bi-l-manni wa-l-ʾadhā ka-lladhī yunfiqu mālahū riʾāʾa n-nāsi wa-lā yuʾminu bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri fa-mathaluhū ka-mathali ṣafwānin ʿalayhi turābun fa-ʾaṣābahū wābilun fa-tarakahū ṣaldan lā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayʾin mimmā kasabū wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
O you who have faith! Do not render your charities void by reproaches and affronts, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and have no faith in Allah and the Last Day. Their parable is that of a rock covered with soil: a downpour strikes it, leaving it bare. They have no power over anything of what they have earned, and Allah does not guide the faithless lot.
— Ali Quli Qarai
O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guideth not those who reject faith.
