And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a middle course between that.
Al-Furqan 25:67
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وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا
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And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a middle course between that.
When they spend their money, they're not wasteful or stingy — they stay right in the middle.
They are those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but keep a fair balance between the two.
And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor stingy, but keep a balance between the two.
And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a course in between.
And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a course in between.
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate
And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes).
And those who neither spend wastefully nor stingily, but are moderate between them;
Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);
And those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the two;
They are those who are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but keep a balance between the two;
who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor miserly but keep the golden mean between the two (extremes):
Those who are neither wasteful nor tightfisted when spending, but balanced between these [two extremes].
Waallatheena itha anfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalika qawaman