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وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَأْتَلِyatalilet swear
أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose of virtue
ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍlithose of virtue
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَٱلسَّعَةِwal-saʿatiand the amplitude of means
أَنanthat
يُؤْتُوٓا۟yu'tūthey give
أُو۟لِىulī(to) the near of kin
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā(to) the near of kin
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَwal-masākīnaand the needy
وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīnaand the emigrants
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلْيَعْفُوا۟walyaʿfūAnd let them pardon
وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗwalyaṣfaḥūand let them overlook
أَلَاalā(Do) not
تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou like
أَنanthat
يَغْفِرَyaghfiraAllah should forgive
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah should forgive
لَكُمْ ۗlakumyou
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Urging Those Who have been blessed with Wealth to give and to be tolerantAllah says,وَلاَ يَأْتَلِ(And let not swear) meaning, make an oath,أُوْلُواْ الْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ(those among you who are blessed with graces ) means, those who have the means to give charity and do good,وَالسَّعَةِ(and wealth) means, good fortune,أَن يُؤْتُواْ أُوْلِى الْقُرْبَى وَالْمَسَـكِينَ وَالْمُهَـجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ(to give to their kinsmen, the poor, and those who left their homes for Allah's cause.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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