Surah Al-Fajr
Quran 89:18
Read Quran 89:18 from Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 89:18
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ١٨
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
- Ayah
- 18 of 30
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 89:18
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 89:18
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِين } أي: لا يحض بعضكم بعضًا على إطعام المحاويج من المساكين والفقراء، وذلك لأجل الشح على الدنيا ومحبتها الشديدة المتمكنة من القلوب.