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Qur’an 89:18 Al-Fajr, verse 18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Fajr (89)
Verse
18 of 30
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
593

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَحَـٰٓضُّونَtaḥāḍḍūnayou feel the urgeح ض ض
عَلَىٰʿalāto
طَعَامِṭaʿāmifeedط ع م
ٱلْمِسْكِينِl-mis'kīnithe poorس ك ن

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 89:18 in Al-Fajr.

  • 89:16وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِBut when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
  • 89:17كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَNo! But you do not honor the orphan
  • 89:19وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭاAnd you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
  • 89:20وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭاAnd you love wealth with immense love.

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