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Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 47 (36:47)

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ …

Quran 36:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 443 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:47
وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْأَنفِقُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقَكُمُٱللَّهُقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنُطْعِمُمَنلَّوْيَشَآءُٱللَّهُأَطْعَمَهُۥٓإِنْأَنتُمْإِلَّافِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٤٧
wa-idhā qīla lahum anfiqū mimmā razaqakumu l-lahu qāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū anuṭ'ʿimu man law yashāu l-lahu aṭʿamahu in antum illā fī ḍalālin mubīnin

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allāh has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allāh had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."(47)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait is said
  3. لَهُمْlahumto them
  4. أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
  5. مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
  6. رَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumu(has) provided you
  7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  8. قَالَqālaSaid
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  11. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  12. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieved
  13. أَنُطْعِمُanuṭ'ʿimuShould we feed
  14. مَنmanwhom
  15. لَّوْlawif
  16. يَشَآءُyashāuAllah willed
  17. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
  18. أَطْعَمَهُۥٓaṭʿamahuHe would have fed him
  19. إِنْinNot
  20. أَنتُمْantum(are) you
  21. إِلَّاillāexcept
  22. فِىfīin
  23. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinan error
  24. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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