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Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 18

سورة الفجر، الآية ١٨

89:18 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 593 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 89:18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ۝١٨

Transliteration

walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

Translation

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

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Verse 18 of Surah Al-Fajr (89:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 593 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 18

Al-Mukhtasar

Neither do any of you encourage the other in feeding the poor person who cannot find anything to consume.

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Other translations of verse 18

nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,

And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskîn (the poor)!

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

And you do not urge one another on (offering) food to the indigent,

Verse 18 word by word

  1. وَلَا walā And not
  2. تَحَٰٓضُّونَ taḥāḍḍūna you feel the urge ح ض ض
  3. عَلَىٰ ʿalā to
  4. طَعَامِ ṭaʿāmi feed ط ع م
  5. ٱلْمِسْكِينِ l-mis'kīni the poor س ك ن

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  • Al-Haqqah 69:34

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

  • Al-Ma’un 107:3

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

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