Which Surah and Juz is Quran 2:263 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), the 2th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 3.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 2:263?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 2:263?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 2:263 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Forgiveness, Charity, Compassion, Usury (Riba).

Ayah 262

ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱلل...

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Q: What does Quran 2:263 mean?

Quran 2:263 (Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 263) translates to: "Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing."

Ayah 264

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُبْطِلُوا۟ ...

۞ قَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌۭ مِّن صَدَقَةٍۢ يَتْبَعُهَآ أَذًۭى ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيمٌۭ

Qawlum ma'roofunw wa maghfiratun khairum min sadaqatiny yatba'uhaaa azaa; wallaahu Ghaniyyun Haleem

Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing.

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Tafsir

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Honourable words kind talk and a generous reply to the beggar and forgiveness towards him for his persistence are better than a voluntary almsgiving followed by injury through reproach and deriding him for his begging; and God is Independent of the voluntary almsgiving of His servants Forbearing in His delaying the punishment of the reproachful and injurious one.

Allah is gentle, likes gentleness, and gives for gentleness what he does not give for harshness.

Sunan Ibn Majah #3424It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:Sahih

"Allah is Gentle and loves gentleness, and He grants reward for it that He does not grant for harshness."

Sahih Muslim #6439'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih

'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not confer upon anything else besides it (kindness).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2097Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

"Charity does not diminish wealth, Allah does not increase a man in anything for his pardoning (others) but in honor, and none humbles himself for Allah but Allah raises him."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #2539It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

"The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible."