سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 29
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And let not your hand be tied (like a miser) to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَجْعَلْ
tajʿal
make
يَدَكَ
yadaka
your hand
مَغْلُولَةً
maghlūlatan
chained
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
عُنُقِكَ
ʿunuqika
your neck
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَبْسُطْهَا
tabsuṭ'hā
extend it
كُلَّ
kulla
(to its) utmost
ٱلْبَسْطِ
l-basṭi
reach
فَتَقْعُدَ
fataqʿuda
so that you sit
مَلُومًۭا
malūman
blameworthy
مَّحْسُورًا
maḥsūran
insolvent
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
29. 1. In the previous verse, the etiquette of denial was mentioned; now the etiquette of spending (infaq) is being discussed, and that is that a person should not be miserly to the extent that he does not spend even on his own and his family's necessities, nor should he be extravagant to the extent that he spends recklessly without considering his means and capacity. The result of miserliness will be that a person will be deemed blameworthy and regretful, and as a result of extravagance, he will become "mahsur" (exhausted and regretful). "Mahsur" refers to an animal that has become tired from walking and is now unable to walk any further. Similarly, the one who is extravagant eventually ends up empty-handed. "Do not keep your hand tied to your neck" is an allusion to miserliness, and "nor stretch it out completely" is an allusion to extravagance. "Malooman mahsura" is an ordered distribution, meaning "maluman" is the result of miserliness and "mahsur" is the result of extravagance.
