Surah Al-Isra 17:29 — translation and meaning
الإسراء · Verse 29 / 111 · Page 285
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا
Word by Word
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَجْعَلْ
taj'al
make
يَدَكَ
yadaka
your hand
مَغْلُولَةً
maghlulatan
chained
إِلَى
ila
to
عُنُقِكَ
unuqika
your neck
وَلَا
wala
and not
تَبْسُطْهَا
tabsut'ha
extend it
كُلَّ
kulla
(to its) utmost
الْبَسْطِ
al-basti
reach
فَتَقْعُدَ
fataq'uda
so that you sit
مَلُومًا
maluman
blameworthy
مَّحْسُورًا
mahsuran
insolvent
Transliteration
Wa laa taj'al yadaka maghloolatan il 'unuqika wa laa tabsut haa kullal basti fataq'uda maloomam mahsooraa
Translation
And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Do not withhold your hand from spending, and do not be wasteful when spending, if you do, you will be blameful amongst the people for your miserliness, or you will become uable to spend due to your extravagant expenditure.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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