And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out fully, lest you end up liable and regretful.
Al-Isra' 17:29
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وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَحْسُورًا
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And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out fully, lest you end up liable and regretful.
Don't keep your hand tied tightly to your neck, and don't stretch it out too far either — otherwise, you'll end up blamed and regretful.
Do not keep your hand tied tightly to your neck, nor stretch it out completely wide — otherwise, you will end up blamed and full of regret.
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck, and do not stretch it open completely, or you will sit blamed and depleted.
And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out entirely, lest you end up liable and regretful.
And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out entirely, lest you end up liable and regretful.
And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
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.
Do not be too tight-fisted, nor too open-handed, for you will end up blameworthy and destitute.
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.
And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.
Be neither miserly, nor so open-handed that you suffer reproach and become destitute.
(vi) Do not keep your hand fastened to your neck nor outspread it, altogether outspread, for you will be left sitting rebuked, destitute.
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck, nor open it altogether, or you will sit blameworthy and regretful.
Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ila AAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albasti fataqAAuda malooman mahsooran