Al-Qalam 68:12
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Preventer of Good
مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Preventer of good, transgressor, sinful.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this person is of no good at all; being very stingy, he also hinders the good others would do.
Reflect
Support someone’s good deed today instead of hindering it.
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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