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Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)

Verse 10of 11

وَأَنفِقُوا۟ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And spend [in the way of Allah] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be among the righteous."

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūAnd spend
مِنminfrom
مَّاwhat
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمrazaqnākumWe have provided you
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) one of you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
فَيَقُولَfayaqūlaand he says
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
أَخَّرْتَنِىٓakhartanīYou delay me
إِلَىٰٓilāfor
أَجَلٍۢajalina term
قَرِيبٍۢqarībinnear
فَأَصَّدَّقَfa-aṣṣaddaqaso I would give charity
وَأَكُنwa-akunand be
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Importance of not being too concerned with the Matters of the Worldly Life, and being CharitableAllah the Exalted orders His faithful servants to remember Him frequently and to refrain from being distracted from His remembrance by indulging in their properties and children excessively. Allah informs them that those who engage in this life, its delights and attributes and were busied from the obedience and remembrance of Allah, for which they were created, will be among the losers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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