The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #45
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وَمَثَلُ
الَّذِينَ
يُنفِقُونَ
أَمْوَالَهُمُ
ابْتِغَاءَ
مَرْضَاتِ
اللَّهِ
وَتَثْبِيتًا
مِّنْ
أَنفُسِهِمْ
كَمَثَلِ
جَنَّةٍ
بِرَبْوَةٍ
أَصَابَهَا
وَابِلٌ
فَآتَتْ
أُكُلَهَا
ضِعْفَيْنِ
فَإِن
لَّمْ
يُصِبْهَا
وَابِلٌ
فَطَلٌّ
وَاللَّهُ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
بَصِيرٌ
wa-mathalu lladhīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahumu btighāʾa marḍāti llāhi wa-tathbītan min ʾanfusihim ka-mathali jannatin bi-rabwatin ʾaṣābahā wābilun fa-ʾātat ʾukulahā ḍiʿfayni fa-ʾin lam yuṣibhā wābilun fa-ṭallun wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to please Allah and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and fertile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not Heavy rain, light moisture sufficeth it. Allah seeth well whatever ye do.
— Abdullah Yusufali
The parable of those who spend their wealth seeking Allah’s pleasure and to confirm themselves [in their faith], is that of a garden on a hillside: the downpour strikes it, whereupon it brings forth its fruit twofold; and if it is not a downpour that strikes it, then a shower, and Allah watches what you do.
