Surah Al-Isra — Verse 29
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وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا
Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ilaAAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albastifataqAAuda malooman mahsoora
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Do not be tight-fisted, nor so open-handed that you end up blamed and overwhelmed with regret.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and destitute.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor extend it to the full extent, lest you should be sitting reproached, empty-handed.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And let not your hand be tied (like a miser) to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
(vi) Do not keep your hand fastened to your neck nor outspread it, altogether outspread, for you will be left sitting rebuked, destitute.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
And neither allow thy hand to remain shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost limit [of thy capacity], lest thou find thyself blamed [by thy dependants], or even destitute.
Rowwad · source edition
Do not be too tight-fisted[27], nor too open-handed[28], for you will end up blameworthy and destitute.
Notes
[27] i.e., stingy. [28] i.e., extravagant.
Noor International · source edition
(29) And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck[739] or extend it completely[740] and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
Notes
[739]- i.e., refusing to spend. [740]- i.e., being extravagant.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
29. And let not your hand be tied (like a miser) to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty.