سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:29
The Night-Journey · Verse 29 of 111
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَحْسُورًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And do not keep your hand shackled to your neck (out of miserliness), nor stretch it out to an entire stretching (extravagantly), lest you sit down reproached (incurring blame) and exhausted (on becoming penniless).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and destitute.
Ahmed Ali
Do not be niggardly, nor extravagant that you may later feel reprehensive and constrained.
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Ali Unal
Do not keep your hand bound to your neck (in niggardliness) nor stretch it without any restraint or else you will be left sitting reproached and denuded.
Daryabadi
And let not thine hand be chained to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost stretching, lest thou sit down reproached, impoverished.
Faridul Haque
And do not keep your hand tied to your neck nor open it completely, lest you remain seated - reproached, weary.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And make not thy hand to be shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching forth, lest thou sit down blamed, stripped off.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And keep not thy hand chained to thy neck out of miserliness nor stretch it forth to its utmost limit out of extravagance, lest thou sit down blamed and exhausted.
Muhammad Asad
And neither allow thy hand to remain shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost limit [of thy capacity], lest thou find thyself blamed [by thy dependants], or even destitute.
Muhammad Musin Khan
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.
Muhammad Pickthall
And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.
Muhammad Sarwar
Do not be stingy nor over generous lest you become empty handed and bankrupt.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And do not make your hand to be shackled to your neck nor stretch it forth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching forth, lest you should (afterwards) sit down blamed, stripped off.
Rashad Khalifa
You shall not keep your hand stingily tied to your neck, nor shall you foolishly open it up, lest you end up blamed and sorry.
Shabbir Ahmed
You should not keep your hand chained to your neck in stinginess, nor open it foolishly lest you sit down destitute and denuded.