Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 270

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وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُم مِّن نَّذْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُۥ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

Wama anfaqtum min nafaqatin aw nathartummin nathrin fa-inna Allaha yaAAlamuhu wamaliththalimeena min ansar

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allāh knows of it. And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Whatever you may give, or vow to give, God knows it well, and those who do wrong will have no one to help them.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Whatever alms ye spend or vow ye vow, lo! Allah knoweth it. Wrong-doers have no helpers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And whatever ye spend in charity or devotion, be sure Allah knows it all. But the wrong-doers have no helpers.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Whatever expenditure you spend and whatever vow you make, Allah knows all of it, and for the unjust, there are no supporters.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And whatever you spend for spendings (e.g., in Sadaqah - charity for Allâh’s Cause) or whatever vow you make, be sure Allâh knows it all. And for the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers) there are no helpers.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Allah knows whatever you spend or whatever you vow (to spend). The wrong-doers have none to succour them.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

For, whatever you may spend on others, or whatever you may vow [to spend], verily, God knows it; and those who do wrong [by withholding charity] shall have none to succour them.

Rowwad · source edition

Whatever charity you give or vow[167] you make, Allah surely knows it. But the wrongdoers have no helpers.

Notes

[167] Nadhr (vowing): It is to make obligatory for oneself that which is not, usually in return for a Godly favor. For example, if my child is healed, I will give in charity such amount of money.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

270. And whatever you spend for spendings (e.g., in Sadaqah - charity for Allâh’s Cause) or whatever vow you make, be sure Allâh knows it all. And for the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers) there are no helpers.