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Verse 18of 30

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَحَـٰٓضُّونَtaḥāḍḍūnayou feel the urge
عَلَىٰʿalāto
طَعَامِṭaʿāmifeed
ٱلْمِسْكِينِl-mis'kīnithe poor

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Wealth and Poverty are both a Test and Honor or Disgrace for the ServantAllah refutes man in his belief that if Allah gives Him abundant provisions to test him with it, it is out of His honor for him. But this is not the case, rather it is a trial and a test, as Allah says,أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُمْ بِهِ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ - نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِى الْخَيْرَتِ بَل لاَّ يَشْعُرُونَ(Do they think that in wealth and children with which We enlarge them. We hasten unto them with good things.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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