Al-Qalam 68:24
The Pen · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 565
Let No Poor Enter
أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينࣱ ٢٤
No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“Let no poor person enter it today upon you.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, they never thought that they could trust one another only by oaths, or what they deprived themselves of by excluding the poor.
Reflect
Don’t turn away a poor person from your door today.
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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