Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayat 254
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا بَيْعٌۭ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌۭ وَلَا شَفَٰعَةٌۭ ۗ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
Hai orang-orang yang beriman, belanjakanlah (di jalan Allah) sebagian dari rezeki yang telah Kami berikan kepadamu sebelum datang hari yang pada hari itu tidak ada lagi jual beli dan tidak ada lagi syafa'at. Dan orang-orang kafir itulah orang-orang yang zalim.
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū anfiqū mimmā razaqnākum min qabli an yatiya yawmun lā bayʿun fīhi walā khullatun walā shafāʿatun wal-kāfirūna humu l-ẓālimūna
Kata demi kata
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟ āmanū believe[d]
- أَنفِقُوا۟ anfiqū Spend
- مِمَّا mimmā of what
- رَزَقْنَـٰكُم razaqnākum We (have) provided you
- مِّن min from
- قَبْلِ qabli before
- أَن an that
- يَأْتِىَ yatiya comes
- يَوْمٌۭ yawmun a Day
- لَّا lā no
- بَيْعٌۭ bayʿun bargaining
- فِيهِ fīhi in it
- وَلَا walā and no
- خُلَّةٌۭ khullatun friendship
- وَلَا walā and no
- شَفَـٰعَةٌۭ ۗ shafāʿatun intercession
- وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ wal-kāfirūna And the deniers
- هُمُ humu they
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna (are) the wrongdoers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah commands His servants to spend for His sake, in the path of righteousness, from what He has granted them, so that they acquire and keep the reward of this righteous deed with their Lord and King. Let them rush to perform this deed in this life,
(before a Day comes) meaning, the Day of Resurrection,
(when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession.)
This Ayah indicates that on that Day, no one will be able to bargain on behalf of himself or ransom himself with any amount, even if it was the earth's fill of gold; nor will his friendship or relation to anyone benefit him. Similarly, Allah said,
(Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another) 23:101.
(Nor intercession) meaning, they will not benefit by the intercession of anyone.
Allah's statement,
(and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers) indicates that no injustice is worse than meeting Allah on that Day while a disbeliever. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Ata' bin Dinar said, "All thanks are due to Allah Who said,
(and it is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers) but did not say, `And it is the wrongdoers who are the disbelievers."'