Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 264
| يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ كَالَّذِي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۖ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا ۖ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ayyuhaa 'alladhena 'aamano laa tubt.ilo s.adaqaat -kum bi- al- mann wa- al- 'adhaa ka- 'alladhe yunfiq maal -hu ri'aa' an- naas wa- laa yu'min bi- 'allaah wa- al- yawm al- 'aakhir fa- mathal -hu ka- mathal s.afwaan calay -hi turaab fa- as.aaba -hu waabil fa- taraka -hu s.ald(an) laa yaqdiron calaa shay' min maa kasabo wa- 'allaah laa yahde al- qawm al- kaafiren |
| Pickthall | : | O ye who believe! Render not vain your alms giving by reproach and injury, like him who spendeth his wealth only to be seen of men and believeth not in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a rainstorm smiteth it, leaving it smooth and bare. They have no control of aught of that which they have gained. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk. |
| Asad | : | O you who have attained to faith! Do not deprive your charitable deeds of all worth by stressing your own benevolence and hurting [the feelings of the needy], as does he who spends his wealth only to be seen and praised by men, and believes not in God and the Last Day: for his parable is that of a smooth rock with [a little] earth upon it - and then a rainstorm smites it and leaves it hard and bare. Such as these shall have no gain whatever from all their [good] works: for God does not guide people who refuse to acknowledge the truth. |
| Malik | : | O believers! Do not make your charity worthless by reminders of your generosity or by injury to the recipients feelings, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. Their parable is like a hard barren rock covered with thin layer of soil; a heavy rain falls, leaving it just a bare stone. Such people will not gain any reward that they thought they had earned. Allah does not guide the unbelievers. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | 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. 310 |
Note - 310False charity, "to be seen of men", is really no charity.
It is worse, for it betokens a disbelief in God and the
Hereafter. "God seeth well whatever ye do" (ii. 265).
It is compared to a hard barren rock on which by chance
has fallen a little soil. Good rain, which renders
fertile soil more fruitful, washes away the little soil
which this rock had, and exposes its nakedness. What
good can hypocrites derive even from the little wealth
they may have amassed?
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False charity, "to be seen of men", is really no charity. It is worse, for it betokens a disbelief in God and the Hereafter. "God seeth well whatever ye do" (ii. 265). It is compared to a hard barren rock on which by chance has fallen a little soil. Good rain, which renders fertile soil more fruitful, washes away the little soil which this rock had, and exposes its nakedness. What good can hypocrites derive even from the little wealth they may have amassed? |
