Right Attitude of Charity
Who Are SABIQUN – the first and the foremost in the race in goodness and goodwork
23. [al_muminun, mecca 74]
Asad’s Version:
(23:57) Verily, [only] they who stand in reverent awe of their Sustainer,
(23:58) and who believe in their Sustainer's messages,
(23:59) and who do not ascribe divinity to aught but their Sustainer, (23:60) and who give whatever they [have to] give with their hearts trembling at the thought that unto their Sustainer they must return:
(23:60)[right mind to give charity-heart tremble - reverence that they will return]
(23:61) it is they who vie with one another in doing good works, and it is they who outrun [all others] in attaining to them!
[[Asad’s note - 33 This is an allusion to the giving of what one is morally obliged to give, whether it be in charity or in satisfaction of rightful claims on the part of one's fellow-men, including such intangible "gifts" as the dispensing of justice. ]]
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
إِنَّ
الَّذِينَ هُم
مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ
رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
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23: 57. Verily those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;
وَالَّذِينَ
هُم بِآيَاتِ
رَبِّهِمْ
يُؤْمِنُونَ
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23: 58. Those who believe in the Signs of their Lord;
وَالَّذِينَ
هُم بِرَبِّهِمْ
لَا يُشْرِكُونَ
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23: 59. Those who join not (in worship) partners with their Lord;
وَالَّذِينَ
يُؤْتُونَ
مَا
آتَوا وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ
وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ
إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ
رَاجِعُونَ
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23: 60. And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord --
C2912. Their hearts are full of reverence for Allah and fear lest their charity or their hearts be not good enough for acceptance before their Lord; for they have the certainty of a future life, in which they will stand before the Judgment Seat. They fear for their own worthiness, but they hope in Faith.
أُوْلَئِكَ
يُسَارِعُونَ
فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ
وَهُمْ لَهَا
سَابِقُونَ
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Ola-ika yusariAAoona fee alkhayrati wahum laha sabiqoona
23: 61. It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them.
23:60
Waallatheena yu/toona ma ataw waquloobuhum wajilatun annahum ila rabbihim rajiAAoona |
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and who give whatever they [have to] give with their hearts trembling at the thought that unto their Sustainer they must return: |
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And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord, |
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And those who give what they give (in alms) while their hearts are full of fear that to their Lord they must return, |
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And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord;- |
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and those who give what they gave with their hearts afraid because they are ones who will return to their Lord, |
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and those who give to others what has been bestowed upon them with their hearts trembling at the thought that they must return to their Lord; |
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and those who give away anything they may give while their hearts feel wary lest they should return to their Lord; |
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d) Who give in benevolence, no matter what, lifting to Allah their inward sight and laying to their hearts their fate in Day of Judgement, an event they realize however unseen and approximate however remote, |
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And they give of what they were given, and their hearts are full of reverence that they will return to their Lord. |
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23:61 |
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Ola-ika yusariAAoona fee alkhayrati wahum laha sabiqoona |
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it is they who vie with one another in doing good works, and it is they who outrun [all others] in attaining to them! |
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These race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race. |
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These hasten to good things and they are foremost in (attaining) them. |
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It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them. |
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are those who compete with one another in good deeds and they, in them, are ones who take the lead. |
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it is they who vie with one another in doing good works and shall be the foremost in doing so. |
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[all] those compete in doing good deeds and they will soon attain them. |
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These are they who do strive to imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety and hasten to do more and hasten to gain more of Allah's mercy and blessings. |
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These are the ones who race in doing good, and they are the first to it. |
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