Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 273 (2:273)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

لِلْفُقَرَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ …

Quran 2:273 is ayah 273 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 46 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:273
لِلْفُقَرَآءِٱلَّذِينَأُحْصِرُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَضَرْبًافِىٱلْأَرْضِيَحْسَبُهُمُٱلْجَاهِلُأَغْنِيَآءَمِنَٱلتَّعَفُّفِتَعْرِفُهُمبِسِيمَٰهُمْلَايَسَْٔلُونَٱلنَّاسَإِلْحَافًا ۗوَمَاتُنفِقُوا۟مِنْخَيْرٍفَإِنَّٱللَّهَبِهِۦعَلِيمٌ٢٧٣
lil'fuqarāi alladhīna uḥ'ṣirū fī sabīli l-lahi lā yastaṭīʿūna ḍarban fī l-arḍi yaḥsabuhumu l-jāhilu aghniyāa mina l-taʿafufi taʿrifuhum bisīmāhum lā yasalūna l-nāsa il'ḥāfan wamā tunfiqū min khayrin fa-inna l-laha bihi ʿalīmun

[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allāh, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.(273)

Word by word

  1. لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāiFor the poor
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. أُحْصِرُوا۟uḥ'ṣirūare wrapped up
  4. فِىfīin
  5. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  7. لَاlānot
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
  9. ضَرْبًاḍarban(to) move about
  10. فِىfīin
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  12. يَحْسَبُهُمُyaḥsabuhumuThink (about) them
  13. ٱلْجَاهِلُl-jāhiluthe ignorant one
  14. أَغْنِيَآءَaghniyāa(that they are) self-sufficient
  15. مِنَmina(because) of
  16. ٱلتَّعَفُّفِl-taʿafufi(their) restraint
  17. تَعْرِفُهُمtaʿrifuhumyou recognize them
  18. بِسِيمَٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their mark
  19. لَاlāNot
  20. يَسَْٔلُونَyasalūna(do) they ask
  21. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  22. إِلْحَافًا ۗil'ḥāfanwith importunity
  23. وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
  24. تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
  25. مِنْminof
  26. خَيْرٍkhayringood
  27. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  28. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  29. بِهِۦbihiof it
  30. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

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