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Verse 38of 38

هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبْخَلُ ۖ وَمَن يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ ۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓا۟ أَمْثَٰلَكُم﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.

Word-by-word meaning

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you are
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
تُدْعَوْنَtud'ʿawnacalled
لِتُنفِقُوا۟litunfiqūto spend
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَمِنكُمfaminkumbut among you
مَّنman(are some) who
يَبْخَلُ ۖyabkhaluwithhold
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يَبْخَلْyabkhalwithholds
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَبْخَلُyabkhaluhe withholds
عَنʿanfrom
نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu(is) Free of need
وَأَنتُمُwa-antumuwhile you
ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ ۚl-fuqarāu(are) the needy
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawyou turn away
يَسْتَبْدِلْyastabdilHe will replace you
قَوْمًاqawman(with) a people
غَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاnot
يَكُونُوٓا۟yakūnūthey will be
أَمْثَـٰلَكُمamthālakum(the) likes of you

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Showing the Triviality of the Worldly Life and encouraging SpendingExpressing the insignificance and worthlessness of the worldly life, Allah says,إِنَّمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ(This worldly life is only amusement and diversion.) which means that such is its outcome, except for that which is done for the sake of Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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