# Quran 2:215 — Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 215

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَۖ قُلۡ مَآ أَنفَقۡتُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَلِلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۗ وَمَا تَفۡعَلُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٞ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
یَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ مَاذَا یُنْفِقُوْنَ قُلْ مَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِّنْ خَیْرٍ فَلِلْوَالِدَیْنِ وَالْاَقْرَبِیْنَ وَالْیَتٰمٰی وَالْمَسٰكِیْنِ وَابْنِ السَّبِیْلِ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوْا مِنْ خَیْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِهٖ عَلِیْمٌ ۟

## Transliteration
Yas'aloonaka maazaa yunfiqoona qul maaa anfaqtum min khairin falil waalidaini wal aqrabeena walyataamaa wal masaakeeni wabnis sabeel; wa maa taf'aloo min khairin fa innal laaha bihee 'Aleem

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, -Allah knoweth it well.

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:215 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Who to Give Charity to](https://deen.global/quran/topics/charity-zakat/who-to-give-charity-to.md) · [Travellers](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/travellers.md) · [Orphans](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/orphans.md) · [Parents](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/parents.md) · [Poor & Needy](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/poor-needy.md) · [Relatives](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/relatives.md)

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