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At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)

Verse 16of 18

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

So fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَاwhat
ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْis'taṭaʿtumyou are able
وَٱسْمَعُوا۟wa-is'maʿūand listen
وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūand spend
خَيْرًۭاkhayran(it is) better
لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗli-anfusikumfor yourselves
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُوقَyūqais saved
شُحَّshuḥḥa(from the) greediness
نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi(of) his soul
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna(are) the successful ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Warning against the Fitnah of Spouses and OffspringAllah states that some wives and children are enemies to their husbands and fathers, in that they might be busied with them rather than with performing the good deeds. Allah said in another Ayah,يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ(O you who believe! Let not your properties or you children divert you from the remembrance of Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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