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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 39of 176

وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمْ عَلِيمًا﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent out of what Allah provided for them? And Allah is ever, about them, Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاذَاwamādhāAnd what
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim(is) against them
لَوْlawif
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand spent
مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
رَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu(has) provided them
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِهِمْbihimabout them
عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Censure of Stingy BehaviorAllah chastises the stingy behavior of those who refuse to spend their money for what Allah ordered them, such as being kind to parents and compassionate to relatives, orphans, the poor, the relative who is also a neighbor, the companion during travel, the needy wayfarer, the slaves and servants. Such people do not give Allah's right from their wealth, and they assist in the spread of stingy behavior.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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