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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 245 (2:245)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ …

Quran 2:245 is ayah 245 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 39 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:245
مَّنذَاٱلَّذِىيُقْرِضُٱللَّهَقَرْضًاحَسَنًافَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥلَهُۥٓأَضْعَافًاكَثِيرَةً ۚوَٱللَّهُيَقْبِضُوَيَبْصُۜطُوَإِلَيْهِتُرْجَعُونَ٢٤٥
man dhā alladhī yuq'riḍu l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahu lahu aḍʿāfan kathīratan wal-lahu yaqbiḍu wayabṣuṭu wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.(245)

Word by word

  1. مَّنmanWho
  2. ذَاdhā(is) the one
  3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwho
  4. يُقْرِضُyuq'riḍuwill lend
  5. ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
  6. قَرْضًاqarḍana loan
  7. حَسَنًاḥasanangood
  8. فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥfayuḍāʿifahuso (that) He multiplies it
  9. لَهُۥٓlahufor him
  10. أَضْعَافًاaḍʿāfanmanifolds
  11. كَثِيرَةً ۚkathīratanmany
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. يَقْبِضُyaqbiḍuwithholds
  14. وَيَبْصُۜطُwayabṣuṭuand grants abundance
  15. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
  16. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

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