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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 60

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٦٠

23:60 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 346 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:60

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَوا۟ وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ رَٰجِعُونَ ۝٦٠

Transliteration

wa-alladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw waqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūna

Translation

And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful962 because they will be returning to their Lord -

Notes

[962] Lest their deeds not be acceptable.

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Verse 60 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:60), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 346 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 60

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who strive in doing righteous deeds and draw closer to Allah through them, whilst fearing that He may not accept their spending in His path, or good deeds when they return to Him on the Day of Judgment.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Mu’minun

Other translations of verse 60

and those who do whatever [good] they do with their hearts fearful27, knowing that they will return to their Lord –

Notes

[27] That their deeds may not be acceptable.

And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear (whether their alms and charities have been accepted or not),3 because they are sure to return to their Lord (for reckoning).

Notes

[3] (V.23:60) Narrated ‘Âishah رضي الله عنها (the wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم), I asked Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم about this (following Verse): "And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear ..." (V.23:60).
She added: "Are these who drink alcoholic drinks and steal?" Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: "No! O the daughter of As-Siddîq, but they are those who fast, pray, and practise charity and they are afraid that (their good) deeds may not be accepted (by Allâh) from them. ‘It is these who hasten in good deeds.’ " (Sunan At-Tirmidhi Hadith No.3225), (Tafsîr Al-Qurtubî).

And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord,

And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord;-

And those who give what they give (in alms) while their hearts are full of fear that to their Lord they must return,

And the ones who bring whatever they bring with hearts tremulous that they are returning to their Lord.

Verse 60 word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who
  2. يُؤْتُونَ yu'tūna give أ ت ي
  3. مَآ mā what
  4. ءَاتَوا۟ ātaw they give أ ت ي
  5. وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ waqulūbuhum while their hearts ق ل ب
  6. وَجِلَةٌ wajilatun (are) fearful و ج ل
  7. أَنَّهُمْ annahum because they
  8. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  9. رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord ر ب ب
  10. رَٰجِعُونَ rājiʿūna (will) return ر ج ع

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Sunan Ibn Majah 4198

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, ‘And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear.” [23:60] Is this the one who commits adultery, steals and drinks alcohol?’ He said: ‘No, O daughter of Abu Bakr’ – O daughter of Siddiq – rather it…

"‏ لاَ يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ - أَوْ يَا بِنْتَ الصِّدِّيقِ - وَلَكِنَّهُ الرَّجُلُ يَصُومُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ وَيُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَخَافُ أَنْ لاَ يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 2 other versions

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3175

that 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I asked about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about this Ayah: And those who give that which they give with their hearts full of fear... (23:60)" 'Aishah said: "Are they those who drink Khamr and steal?" He said: "No, O daughter of As-Siddiq. They are…

"‏ لاَ يَا بِنْتَ الصِّدِّيقِ وَلَكِنَّهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَصُومُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَهُمْ يَخَافُونَ أَنْ لاَ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Other hadiths (2)

Verses related to verse 60

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • At-Tahrim 66:12

    وَمَرْيَمَ ٱبْنَتَ عِمْرَٰنَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَٰتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ

    And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of ʿImrān, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

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