Al-Munafiqun 63:7
The Hypocrites · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 555
The Treasures Are Allah’s
هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُواْ عَلَىٰ مَنۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّواْۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٧
They it is who say: Spend not on behalf of those (who dwell) with Allah’s messenger that they may disperse (and go away from you); when Allah’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites comprehend not.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They say: “Do not spend on those with the Messenger, so they disperse”; yet the treasures of the heavens and earth are Allah’s.
Insight
Elmalılı relates from al-Bukhari the report of Zayd ibn Arqam: on a campaign, ‘Abdullah ibn Ubayy said these words.
Reflect
Be generous, knowing provision comes from Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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