# 92. Surah Al-Layl, Verse 8

- **Surah:** 92. Surah Al-Layl (The Night) — سورة الليل
- **Verse:** 8 / 21 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 595
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-layl/verse-8

## Arabic

وَاَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنٰىۙ

## Transcription

Waamma man bakhila wastaghna

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

But as for him who is stingy and self-satisfied,

### Progressive Muslims

And as for he who is stingy and holds back.

### Shabbir Ahmed

But he who withholds and thinks himself self-sufficient becoming careless of others -

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And as for him who is miserly, and self-sufficient,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And as for he who is stingy and holds back.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

But he who is stingy, though he is rich.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

But he who does not give and is unconcerned,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

### Muhammad Asad

But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,

### Marmaduke Pickthall

But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent,

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah),

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

But he ho is niggardly thinking he is self-sufficient and exercises greed,

### Bijan Moeinian

But the one who is greedy, not generous and thinks that he does not need anyone,

### Al-Hilali & Khan

But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.[1]

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient,

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

And as for the one who is stingy, indifferent ˹to Allah˺,

### Taqi Usmani

But the one who is miser and deems himself self-sufficient,

### Abdul Haleem

There is the one who is miserly, who is self-satisfied,

### Arthur John Arberry

But as for him who is a miser, and self-sufficient,

### E. Henry Palmer

But as for him who is niggardly, And longs for wealth,

### Hamid S. Aziz

But as for him who is niggardly and thinks himself independent (or self-sufficient),

### Mahmoud Ghali

And as for him who is miserly, and thinks himself self-sufficient,

### George Sale

But whoso shall be covetous, and shall be wholly taken up with this world,

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself to be self-sufficient,

### Amatul Rahman Omar

But as for him who is niggardly (and cripples his capacities) and is (disdainfully) indifferent (to God and the Hereafter),

### Ali Quli Qarai

But as for him who is stingy and self-complacent,

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Ama kim de cimrilik eder ve müstağni olursa (arınmaya, korunmaya ihtiyaç duymazsa);

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Kim de cimrilik eder, kendini müstağni görürse,

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

- Ama cimrilik edip kendini ihtiyaçsız, yeterli gören ve güzeli yalanlayana da, zorluklara uğramasını kolaylaştırırız. Cehenneme yuvarlandığı zaman malı ona hiçbir yarar sağlamaz.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

(8-10) Fakat, kim cimrilik eder, kendini Allah'a muhtaç görmez ve en güzel sözü (kelime-i tevhidi) yalanlarsa, biz de onu en zor olana kolayca iletiriz.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve amma her kim bahıllik eder ve istiğna gösterir

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Her kim de cimrilik eder, kendisini müstağni sayar

### Gültekin Onan

Kim de cimrilik eder, kendini müstağni görürse,

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Amma kim cimrilik eder, kendisini müstağni görür,

### İbni Kesir

Ama kim de cimrilik eder ve kendini müstağni sayarsa;

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Cimrilik yapana ve kendi kendine yeterli olduğunu zannedene,

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Kim de cimrilik eder ve kendini ihtiyaçsız görürse..

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Kim de cimrilik eder, kendini zengin (ve kendine yeterli) görürse,

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Ama kim cimriliğe sapar ve kendisini tüm ihtiyaçların üstünde görür,

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Sözgelimi; kim de cimrilik yapar ve kendi kendine yettiğini zanneder,

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat kim cimrilik eder de kendisini müstağni[1] görürse,

_Footnotes_
- [1] Kendisini yeterli gören, büyüklenen, kibirlenen.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Kim cimrilik yapar ve kendisinin kendisine yeterli olduğunu sanırsa.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Kim de cimrilik eder ve çekinme ihtiyacı duymaz,

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Kim de cimrilik ederse, (kendini) zengin (yeterli) görürse,

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat kim cimrilik eder de kendisini müstağni[1] görürse,

_Footnotes_
- [1] Kendisini yeterli gören, büyüklenen, kibirlenen.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat kim cimrilik eder de kendisini müstağni[1] görürse,

_Footnotes_
- [1] Kendisini yeterli gören, büyüklenen, kibirlenen.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Kim de cimrilik eder ve (yanlışlardan sakınmaya) ihtiyaç duymaz,[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Al-i İmran 3/180,](https://quran.so/3/180) [Nisa 4/37,](https://quran.so/4/37) [Hadid 57/24,](https://quran.so/57/24) [Naziat 79/37](https://quran.so/79/37)-[39,](https://quran.so/79/39) [Alak 96/6](https://quran.so/96/6)-[7.](https://quran.so/96/7)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَمَّا — wa-ammā | But as for | — |
| 2 | مَنۢ — man | (him) who | — |
| 3 | بَخِلَ — bakhila | withholds | بخل — Be-Kh-Lam |
| 4 | وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ — wa-is'taghnā | and considers himself free from need | غني — Gayn-Nun-Ye |

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