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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 99of 129

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَصَلَوَٰتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهَا قُرْبَةٌۭ لَّهُمْ ۚ سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿٩٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allah and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allah and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allah will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنَwaminaBut among
ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
مَنman(is he) who
يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
وَيَتَّخِذُwayattakhidhuand takes
مَاwhat
يُنفِقُyunfiquhe spends
قُرُبَـٰتٍqurubātin(as) means of nearness
عِندَʿindawith
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَصَلَوَٰتِwaṣalawātiand blessings
ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚl-rasūli(of) the Messenger
أَلَآalāBehold
إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
قُرْبَةٌۭqur'batun(is) a means of nearness
لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
سَيُدْخِلُهُمُsayud'khiluhumuAllah will admit them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will admit them
فِىto
رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗraḥmatihiHis Mercy
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

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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