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Medinan · Surah 2 of 114

Al-Baqara 2:254

The Cow · ayah 254 of 286

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا بَيْعٌۭ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌۭ وَلَا شَفَٰعَةٌۭ ۗ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooanfiqoo mimma razaqnakum min qabli an ya/tiyayawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khullatun walashafaAAatun walkafiroona humu aththalimoon

"O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange [i.e., ransom] and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"You who believe, give from what We have provided for you, before the Day comes when there is no bargaining, no friendship, and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are wrong."

Pickthall (classic)+

"O ye who believe! spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a day come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession. The disbelievers, they are the wrong-doers."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"O ye who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor friendship nor intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the wrong-doers."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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Allah commands His servants to spend for His sake, in the path of righteousness, from what He has granted them, so that they acquire and keep the reward of this righteous deed with their Lord and King. Let them rush to perform this deed in this life,

مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ

(before a Day comes) meaning, the Day of Resurrection,

لاَّ بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلاَ خُلَّةٌ وَلاَ شَفَـعَةٌ

(when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession.)

This Ayah indicates that on that Day, no one will be able to bargain on behalf of himself or ransom himself with any amount, even if it was the earth's fill of gold; nor will his friendship or relation to anyone benefit him. Similarly, Allah said,

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

(Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another) 23:101.

وَلاَ شَفَـعَةٌ

(Nor intercession) meaning, they will not benefit by the intercession of anyone.

Allah's statement,

وَالْكَـفِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ

(and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers) indicates that no injustice is worse than meeting Allah on that Day while a disbeliever. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Ata' bin Dinar said, "All thanks are due to Allah Who said,

وَالْكَـفِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ

(and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers) but did not say, `And it is the wrongdoers who are the disbelievers."'

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Аллах призвал верующих делать пожертвования и расходовать имущество на всевозможные благие цели. Это откровение имеет самый широкий смысл, потому что в нем опущено управляемое слово. Аллах напомнил Своим рабам о милости, которую Он оказал им, когда одарил их пропитанием и различными благами и повелел раздавать в качестве пожертвования лишь часть этих щедрот, о чем свидетельствует предлог мин. Эти обстоятельства непременно должны вдохновлять людей на пожертвования. Еще одним обстоятельством, которое побуждает людей расходовать имущество на благие цели, является откровение о том, что все пожертвования сохранятся у Аллаха до того дня, когда ни торговля, ни иные сделки, ни пожертвования, ни ходатайства не принесут людям никакой пользы, когда каждый человек будет говорить: «Лучше бы я приберег добро для этой жизни!» В тот день ничто не поможет человеку, кроме богоугодных поступков и веры в Аллаха. В тот день ни богатство, ни сыновья не принесут пользу никому, кроме тех, кто предстанет перед Ним с непорочным сердцем. Всевышний сказал: «Ни ваше богатство, ни ваши дети не приближают вас к Нам, если только вы не уверовали и не поступаете праведно. Для таких людей будет приумножено воздаяние за то, что они совершили, и они будут пребывать в горницах, находясь в безопасности» (34:37); «Какое бы добро вы ни приготовили для себя заранее, вы найдете его у Аллаха в виде лучшего и большего вознаграждения» (73:20). Затем Аллах возвестил о том, что неверующие - самые настоящие беззаконники. Аллах сотворил их для поклонения Ему, одарил их пропитанием и благополучием, дабы они пользовались этими благами для совершения богоугодных дел. Однако они уклонились от того, ради чего они были сотворены, и стали обожествлять наряду с Аллахом идолов, божественность которых Аллах не подтвердил никакими доказательствами. Они воспользовались Его благами, чтобы исповедовать неверие, совершать тяжкие грехи и ослушаться Его. В их поступках не было места для справедливости, и только таких людей можно назвать самыми настоящими беззаконниками.
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Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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Commentary

Many injunctions relating to acts of worship and dealings with human beings have been taken up in this Surah, especially all those a person dislikes to obey finding them burdensome. Then, the most difficult act is to 'spend' one's life and possessions; and when you look at Divine injunctions relating to most situations they either relate to a man's life or his possessions. And when a man falls into the trap of sin, it is either caused by his love of life or expediency of possessions in most cases. As such, the love for these two is the root of sins, and the defence against and the deliverance from it is the object of all acts of obedience. It is for this reason that, following the injunctions relating to worship and social transactions, the subject of 'fighting' and 'spending' in the way of Allah were taken up. The first appeared in وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّـهِ (And fight in the way of Allah) (244) and the second in مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِ‌ضُ اللَّـهَ (Who is the one who would give Allah a good loan?) (245) After that, the former was emphasized by the story of Talut طالوت ، and now, emphasis is being laid on the later by أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَ‌زَقْنَاكُم (Spend from what We have given to you) (254). Since a large number of affairs relating to the worship of Allah and dealings with human beings depend on spending out of what Allah has given, this subject has been dealt with in a greater detail. Therefore, the sections that follow have, in most of them, a discussion of the second aspect, which is, the 'spending' out of one's possessions. To sum up, it means: The time to act is still there. In the Hereafter, deeds are not on sale. They cannot be borrowed from a friend either. Once caught by the punishment, one cannot be released on someone's intercession, unless Allah Himself forgives.

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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