Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayah 265
وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًۭا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌۭ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌۭ فَطَلٌّۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
하나님의 기쁨을 구하기 위해 재산을 바치고 그들의 마음이 강직함은 기름진 과수원과 같아 많은 비가 내려 곱절의 수확을 가져오도다 만일 비가 내리지 않으 면 가벼운 습기로 흡족시켜 주시 니 하나님은 너회들이 보지 못하 는 것도 알고 계시니라
wamathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahumu ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi watathbītan min anfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin aṣābahā wābilun faātat ukulahā ḍiʿ'fayni fa-in lam yuṣib'hā wābilun faṭallun wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Word by word
- وَمَثَلُ wamathalu And (the) example
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who
- يُنفِقُونَ yunfiqūna spend
- أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ amwālahumu their wealth
- ٱبْتِغَآءَ ib'tighāa seeking
- مَرْضَاتِ marḍāti (the) pleasure
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- وَتَثْبِيتًۭا watathbītan and certainty
- مِّنْ min from
- أَنفُسِهِمْ anfusihim their (inner) souls
- كَمَثَلِ kamathali (is) like
- جَنَّةٍۭ jannatin a garden
- بِرَبْوَةٍ birabwatin on a height
- أَصَابَهَا aṣābahā fell on it
- وَابِلٌۭ wābilun heavy rain
- فَـَٔاتَتْ faātat so it yielded
- أُكُلَهَا ukulahā its harvest
- ضِعْفَيْنِ ḍiʿ'fayni double
- فَإِن fa-in Then if
- لَّمْ lam (does) not
- يُصِبْهَا yuṣib'hā fall (on) it
- وَابِلٌۭ wābilun heavy rain
- فَطَلٌّۭ ۗ faṭallun then a drizzle
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
- بِمَا bimā of what
- تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna you do
- بَصِيرٌ baṣīrun (is) All-Seer
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ
(while they in their own selves are sure and certain) meaning, they are certain that Allah shall reward them for these righteous acts with the best rewards. Similarly, in a Hadith collected by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا»
(Whoever fasts Ramadan with faith and expectation...) meaning, believing that Allah commanded the fast, all the while awaiting His reward for fasting it.
Allah's statement,
كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ
(is that of a garden on a Rabwah) means, the example of a garden on `a height above the ground', as the majority of scholars have stated. Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak added that it also has flowing rivers.
Allah's statement,
أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ
(Wabil falls on it) means, heavy rain as we stated, So it produces its,
أُكُلُهَا
(yield of harvest) meaning, fruits or produce,
ضِعْفَيْنِ
(doubles), as compared to other gardens.
فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ
(And if it does not receive Wabil, a Tall suffices it.)
Ad-Dahhak said that the `Tall' is light rain. The Ayah indicates that the garden on the Rabwah is always fertile, for if heavy rain does not fall on it, light rain will suffice for it. Such is the case regarding the believer's good deeds, for they never become barren. Rather, Allah accepts the believer's righteous deeds and increases them, each according to his deeds. This is why Allah said next,
وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
(And Allah is All-Seer of what you do) meaning, none of His servants' deeds ever escapes His perfect watch.