The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:264
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
Believers, do not make your charities fruitless by reproachfully reminding the recipient of your favor or making them feel insulted, like the one who spends his property to show off and who has no faith in God or belief in the Day of Judgment. The example of his deed is as though some soil has gathered on a rock and after a rain fall it turns hard and barren. Such people can not benefit from what they have earned. God does not guide the unbelievers.
