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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 98of 129

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغْرَمًۭا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚ عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٩٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنَwaminaAnd among
ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
مَنman(is he) who
يَتَّخِذُyattakhidhutakes
مَاwhat
يُنفِقُyunfiquhe spends
مَغْرَمًۭاmaghraman(as) a loss
وَيَتَرَبَّصُwayatarabbaṣuand he awaits
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚl-dawāirathe turns (of misfortune)
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimUpon them
دَآئِرَةُdāiratu(will be) the turn
ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗl-sawi(of) the evil
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Bedouins are the Worst in Disbelief and HypocrisyAllah states that there are disbelievers, hypocrites and believers among the bedouins. He also states that the disbelief and hypocrisy of the bedouins is worse and deeper than the disbelief and hypocrisy of others. They are the most likely of being ignorant of the commandments that Allah has revealed to His Messenger . Al-A`mash narrated that Ibrahim said, "A bedouin man sat next to Zayd bin Sawhan while he was speaking to his friends.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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