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Surah Al-Insan, Verse 8

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76:8 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 579 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 76:8

وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا ۝٨

Transliteration

wayuṭ'ʿimūna l-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihi mis'kīnan wayatīman wa-asīran

Translation

And they give food in spite of love for it1813 to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,

Notes

[1813] The meaning here may also be "out of love for Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

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Verse 8 of Surah Al-Insan (76:8), a Medinan surah, is in juz 29, on page 579 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 8

Al-Mukhtasar

They also feed food, despite being in the state of loving food due to being needy and desirous of it. They feed it to the poor, orphans and captives.

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Other translations of verse 8

and they give food, despite their love for it4, to the needy, the orphans, and the captives,

Notes

[4] Or "out of love for Him (Allah)".

And they give food, inspite of their love for it (or for the love of Him), to the Miskîn1 (the poor), the orphan, and the captive

Notes

[1] (V.76:8) See the footnote of (V.2:83).

And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,

And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive,-

And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive:

And they give food (Literally: feed with food) for the love of Him, (Or: love of it) to the indigent, (and) the orphan, and the captive.

Verse 8 word by word

  1. وَيُطْعِمُونَ wayuṭ'ʿimūna And they feed ط ع م
  2. ٱلطَّعَامَ l-ṭaʿāma the food ط ع م
  3. عَلَىٰ ʿalā in spite of
  4. حُبِّهِۦ ḥubbihi love (for) it ح ب ب
  5. مِسْكِينًا mis'kīnan (to the) needy س ك ن
  6. وَيَتِيمًا wayatīman and (the) orphan ي ت م
  7. وَأَسِيرًا wa-asīran and (the) captive أ س ر

Verses related to verse 8

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Baqarah 2:177

    لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ

    Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allāh, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakāh; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:92

    لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

    Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allāh] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.

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