M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

generous word.

24. And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and say: O my Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I was) little.

25. Your Lord knows best what is in your minds; if you are good, then He is surely Forgiving to those who turn (to Him) frequently.

26. And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.

27. Surely the squanderers are the fellow of the Shaitans and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

28. And if you turn away from them to seek mercy from your Lord which you hope for, speak to them a gentle word.

29. 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.

30. Surely your Lord makes plentiful the means of subsistence for whom He pleases and He straitens (them); surely