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Surah Fajr Ayat 18 in Arabic Text

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
Wa laa tahaaaddoona ‘alaata’aamil miskeen

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 18

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

Yusuf Ali
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

Abul Ala Maududi
and do not urge one another to feed the poor,

Muhsin Khan
And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskin (the poor)!

Pickthall
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

Dr. Ghali
And you do not urge one another on (offering) food to the indigent,

Abdel Haleem
you do not urge one another to feed the poor,

Muhammad Junagarhi
اور مسکینوں کے کھلانے کی ایک دوسرے کو ترغیب نہیں دیتے

Quran 89 Verse 18 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Fajr ayat 18, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(89:18) and do not urge one another to feed the poor,[12]


12. That is, nobody in your society feels any urge to feed the poor. Neither a man himself feels inclined to feed a hungry person, nor is there among the people any urge to do something to satisfy the hunger of the hungry, nor do they exhort one another to do so.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Fajr verse 18 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fajr ayat 15 which provides the complete commentary from verse 15 through 21.

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