Muhammad 47:37
Muhammad · Medinan · Juz 26 · Page 510
If He Asked for All
إِن يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمُوهَا فَيُحۡفِكُمۡ تَبۡخَلُواْ وَيُخۡرِجۡ أَضۡغَٰنَكُمۡ ٣٧
If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
If He asked you for it and pressed you, you would withhold.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Allah does not ask for all wealth so as to uproot it; if He did, people would be stingy and resentment would surface.
Reflect
Be generous, knowing Allah asks little of you.
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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