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Surah At-Taghabun, Ayah 16 (64:16)

ٱلتَّغَابُن

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ خَيْرًا لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ …

Quran 64:16 is ayah 16 of Surah At-Taghabun (“The Mutual Disillusion”), a Medinan surah of 18 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 557 of the Madani Mushaf.

64:16
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَمَاٱسْتَطَعْتُمْوَٱسْمَعُوا۟وَأَطِيعُوا۟وَأَنفِقُوا۟خَيْرًالِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗوَمَنيُوقَشُحَّنَفْسِهِۦفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ١٦
fa-ittaqū l-laha mā is'taṭaʿtum wa-is'maʿū wa-aṭīʿū wa-anfiqū khayran li-anfusikum waman yūqa shuḥḥa nafsihi fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

So fear Allāh as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allāh]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.(16)

Word by word

  1. فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
  2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  3. مَاmāwhat
  4. ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْis'taṭaʿtumyou are able
  5. وَٱسْمَعُوا۟wa-is'maʿūand listen
  6. وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
  7. وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūand spend
  8. خَيْرًاkhayran(it is) better
  9. لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗli-anfusikumfor yourselves
  10. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  11. يُوقَyūqais saved
  12. شُحَّshuḥḥa(from the) greediness
  13. نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi(of) his soul
  14. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  15. هُمُhumu[they]
  16. ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna(are) the successful ones

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