{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00236.htm","path":"isl/quran/00236.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00236.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n261. Mathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahum fee sabeeli Allahi kamathali habbatin anbatat sabAAa sanabila fee kulli sunbulatin mi-atu habbatin waAllahu yudaAAifu liman yashao waAllahu wasiAAun AAaleemun\n261. The parable of those\n Who spend their substance\n In the way of God is that\n Of a grain of corn: it groweth\n Seven ears, and each ear\n Hath a hundred grains.\n God giveth manifold increase\n To whom He pleaseth:\n And God careth for all\n And He knoweth all things\n262. Allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahum fee sabeeli Allahi thumma la yutbiAAoona ma anfaqoo mannan wala athan lahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona\n262. Those who spend\n Their substance in the cause\n Of God, and follow not up\n Their gifts with reminders\n Of their generosity\n Or with injury,\u2014for them\n Their reward is with their Lord:\n On them shall be no fear,\n Nor shall they grieve.\n263. Qawlun maAAroofun wamaghfiratun khayrun min sadaqatin yatbaAAuha athan waAllahu ghaniyyun haleemun\n263. Kind words\n And the covering of faults\nAre better than charity\n Followed by injury.\n God is Free of all wants,\n And He is most Forbearing.\n264. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tubtiloo sadaqatikum bialmanni waal-atha kaallathee yunfiqu malahu ri-aa alnnasi wala yu/minu biAllahi waalyawmi al-akhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwanin AAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilun fatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAala shay-in mimma kasaboo waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alkafireena\n264. O ye who believe!\n Cancel not your charity\n By reminders of your generosity\n Or by injury,\u2014like those\n Who spend their substance\n To be seen of men,\n But believe neither\n In God nor in the Last Day.\n They are in Parable like a hard,\n Barren rock, on which\n Is a little soil: on it\n Falls heavy rain,\n Which leaves it\n (Just) a bare stone.\n They will be able to do nothing\n With aught they have earned.\n And God guideth not\n Those who reject faith.\n265. Wamathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumu ibtighaa mardati Allahi watathbeetan min anfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin asabaha wabilun faatat okulaha diAAfayni fa-in lam yusibha wabilun fatallun waAllahu bima taAAmaloona baseerun\n265. And the likeness of those\n Who spend their substance,\n Seeking to please God\n And to strengthen their souls,\n Is as a garden, high\n And fertile: heavy rain\n Falls on it but makes it yield\n A double increase\n Of harvest, and if it receives not\n Heavy rain, light moisture\n Sufficeth it. God seeth well\n Whatever ye do.\n266. Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahu jannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtiha al-anharu lahu feeha min kulli alththamarati waasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafao faasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun faihtaraqat kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroona\n266. Does any of you wish\n That he should have a garden\n With date-palms and vines\n And streams flowing\n Underneath, and all kinds\n Of fruit, while he is stricken\n With old age, and his children\n Are not strong (enough\n To look after themselves)\u2014\n That it should be caught\n In a whirlwind,\n With fire therein,\n And be burnt up?\n Thus doth God make clear\n To you (His) Signs;\n That ye may consider.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.: Section...","type":"page"}