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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 121of 129

وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةًۭ صَغِيرَةًۭ وَلَا كَبِيرَةًۭ وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd not
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend
نَفَقَةًۭnafaqatanany spending
صَغِيرَةًۭṣaghīratansmall
وَلَاwalāand not
كَبِيرَةًۭkabīratanbig
وَلَاwalāand not
يَقْطَعُونَyaqṭaʿūnathey cross
وَادِيًاwādiyana valley
إِلَّاillābut
كُتِبَkutibais recorded
لَهُمْlahumfor them
لِيَجْزِيَهُمُliyajziyahumuthat Allah may reward them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuthat Allah may reward them
أَحْسَنَaḥsanathe best
مَا(of) what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَلاَ يُنفِقُونَ(Neithr do they spend), in reference to the fighters in Allah's cause,نَفَقَةً صَغِيرَةً وَلاَ كَبِيرَةً(any contribution -- small or great --), with regards to its amount,وَلاَ يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا(nor cross a valley), while marching towards the enemy,إِلاَّ كُتِبَ لَهُمْ(but is written to their credit), for these actions that they take and which are under their control,لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ(that Allah may recompense them with the best of what ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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