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مَثَلُ الَّذِيْنَ يُنْفِقُوْنَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ اَنْۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِيْ كُلِّ سُنْۢبُلَةٍ مِّائَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَاللّٰهُ يُضٰعِفُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ ۗوَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيْمٌ  ( البقرة: ٢٦١ )

mathalu
مَّثَلُ
Example
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
(of) those who
yunfiqūna
يُنفِقُونَ
spend
amwālahum
أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ
their wealth
فِى
in
sabīli
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
kamathali
كَمَثَلِ
(is) like
ḥabbatin
حَبَّةٍ
a grain
anbatat
أَنۢبَتَتْ
which grows
sabʿa
سَبْعَ
seven
sanābila
سَنَابِلَ
ears
فِى
in
kulli
كُلِّ
each
sunbulatin
سُنۢبُلَةٍ
ear
mi-atu
مِّا۟ئَةُ
hundred
ḥabbatin
حَبَّةٍۗ
grain(s)
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
yuḍāʿifu
يُضَٰعِفُ
gives manifold
liman
لِمَن
to whom
yashāu
يَشَآءُۗ
He wills
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
wāsiʿun
وَٰسِعٌ
(is) All-Encompassing
ʿalīmun
عَلِيمٌ
All-Knowing

Masalul lazeena yunfiqoona amwaalahum fee sabeelil laahi kamasali habbatin ambatat sab'a sanaabila fee kulli sumbulatim mi'atu habbah; wallaahu yudaa'ifu limai yashaaa; wallaahu Waasi'un 'Aleem (al-Baq̈arah 2:261)

Sahih International:

The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 261)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

The example of those who spend in the way of Allah is just like a grain that produced seven ears, each ear having a hundred grains, and Allah multiplies (the reward) for whom He wills. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.