Surah Al-Munafiqun, Ayah 10 (63:10)

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وَأَنفِقُوا۟ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ …

Quran 63:10 is ayah 10 of Surah Al-Munafiqun (“The Hypocrites”), a Medinan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 555 of the Madani Mushaf.

63:10
وَأَنفِقُوا۟مِنمَّارَزَقْنَٰكُممِّنقَبْلِأَنيَأْتِىَأَحَدَكُمُٱلْمَوْتُفَيَقُولَرَبِّلَوْلَآأَخَّرْتَنِىٓإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍقَرِيبٍفَأَصَّدَّقَوَأَكُنمِّنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ١٠
wa-anfiqū min mā razaqnākum min qabli an yatiya aḥadakumu l-mawtu fayaqūla rabbi lawlā akhartanī ilā ajalin qarībin fa-aṣṣaddaqa wa-akun mina l-ṣāliḥīna

And spend [in the way of Allāh] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."(10)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūAnd spend
  2. مِنminfrom
  3. مَّاmāwhat
  4. رَزَقْنَٰكُمrazaqnākumWe have provided you
  5. مِّنminfrom
  6. قَبْلِqablibefore
  7. أَنan[that]
  8. يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
  9. أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) one of you
  10. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
  11. فَيَقُولَfayaqūlaand he says
  12. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  13. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
  14. أَخَّرْتَنِىٓakhartanīYou delay me
  15. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
  16. أَجَلٍajalina term
  17. قَرِيبٍqarībinnear
  18. فَأَصَّدَّقَfa-aṣṣaddaqaso I would give charity
  19. وَأَكُنwa-akunand be
  20. مِّنَminaamong
  21. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

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