Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 254 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : O you who have believed, spend from that which We…

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Translation Transliteration — Al-Baqarah

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ ۗ وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ۝٢٥٤

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Yaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo anfiqoo mimmaa razaqnaakum min qabli ai yaatiya yawmul laa bai`un fee wa la khullatunw wa laa shafaa`ah; walkaa firoona humuz zaalimoon

📖 Translation (English Meaning)

📖 English Meaning

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 and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.

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Translation — Tafsir

Word Meanings:

Anfiqoo (أَنفِقُوا): Spend in the way of Allah, including obligatory charity (Zakat) and voluntary alms (Sadaqah).
Khullah (خُلَّة): Sincere, deep friendship or close companionship.
Shafa'ah (شَفَاعَة): Intercession — pleading on someone's behalf to reduce or remove punishment.
Zalimoon (الظَّالِمُونَ): Wrongdoers — those who transgress Allah's limits by placing things in their wrong places.

Explanation of the Verse:

O you who have truly believed in Allah and followed His Messenger! Spend from the good, lawful provisions We have granted you — whether wealth, knowledge, health, or influence — before the arrival of the Day of Judgment. On that Day, no transaction will avail you: there will be no buying or selling to ransom yourselves from Allah's punishment, no profit to be earned, and no wealth to offer as a price for your salvation. Neither will any deep friendship benefit you, for even the closest of companions will abandon one another in that hour of absolute need. And no intercession will be accepted to lighten your burden or save you from the consequences of your deeds — except the intercession that Allah Himself permits for whom He wills and is pleased with.

The disbelievers — those who reject faith in Allah and His messengers — are the true wrongdoers. Their injustice lies in placing their worship and devotion in the wrong place: directing it to created beings instead of the Creator, and thus wronging their own souls by exposing them to eternal loss.

A Call to Action:

This verse is a loving reminder from your Lord, Who knows what lies ahead. He is not asking you to give because He is in need — He is the Rich, the Self-Sufficient. Rather, He is inviting you to invest in your own future, to secure your own salvation, and to open the doors of mercy for yourself before they close forever. Every dirham you spend in His cause today becomes a witness for you tomorrow. Every act of kindness you extend to His creation becomes a shade for you on the Day when there will be no shade but His. So seize this precious opportunity while the market of good deeds is still open, while the doors of repentance are still ajar, and while your wealth is still in your hands — for tomorrow, the transaction will be over, and only what you sent forward will remain yours. Do not let the deception of this world make you forget that Day; rather, let the love of Allah and the hope of His mercy move you to give generously, for indeed, Allah loves those who spend, and He has promised them a great reward.

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📜 Verse 252-256 — Al-Baqarah

252تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you, [O Muhammad], in truth. And indeed, you are from among the messengers.

253۞ تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۘ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ ۖ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٍ ۚ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ ۗ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن بَعْدِهِم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَلَٰكِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ آمَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit. If Allah had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends.

254يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ ۗ وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

255اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

256لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

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Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 254 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : O you who have believed, spend from that which We…

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