Al-Baqarah 2:263 ۞ قول معروف ومغفرة خير من صدقة يتبعها اذى والله غني حليم ٢٦٣
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۞ قَوۡلٞ
مَّعۡرُوفٞ
وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ
خَيۡرٞ
مِّن
صَدَقَةٖ
يَتۡبَعُهَآ
أَذٗىۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
غَنِيٌّ
حَلِيمٞ
٢٦٣
A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement.
— M. Pickthall
Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.
— Saheeh International
Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
To Remind About Charity Given is Forbidden
Allah praises those who spend from their money in His cause, and then refrain from reminding those who received the charity of that fact, whether these hints take the form of words or actions.
Allah's statement,
وَلاَ أَذًى
(or with injury), indicates that they
…To Remind About Charity Given is Forbidden
Allah praises those who spend from their money in His cause, and then refrain from reminding those who recei
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