The Importance of Charity and Obedience in Seeking Guidance

Al-Mujadila — Verses 12–13 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ١٢

O you who believe! When you (want to) consult the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) in private, spend something in charity before your private consultation. That will be better and purer for you. But if you find not (the means for it), then verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا
O you who believe!
نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا
When you (want to) consult the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) in private,
بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً ۚ ذَٰلِكَ
spend something in charity before your private consultation.
خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۚ فَإِن
That will be better and purer for you.
لَّمْ تَجِدُوا فَإِنَّ
But if you find not (the means for it),
اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
then verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٣

Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultation (with him)? If then you do it not, and Allah has forgiven you, then (at least) perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) and give Zakat and obey Allah (i.e. do all what Allah and His Prophet SAW order you to do). And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ
Are you afraid of
أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ ۚ
spending in charity before your private consultation (with him)?
فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا
If then you do it not,
وَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ
and Allah has forgiven you,
فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ
then (at least) perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat)
وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ
and give Zakat
وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ
and obey Allah (i.e. do all what Allah and His Prophet SAW order you to do).
وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.