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Al-Baqarah 2:264

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُبْطِلُوا۟ صَدَقَـٰتِكُم بِٱلْمَنِّ وَٱلْأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلْدًا ۖ لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا من آمنتم بالله واليوم الآخر لا تُذْهِبُوا ثواب ما تتصدقون به بالمنِّ والأذى، فهذا شبيه بالذي يخرج ماله ليراه الناس، فيُثنوا عليه، وهو لا يؤمن بالله ولا يوقن باليوم الآخر، فمثل ذلك مثل حجر أملس عليه تراب هطل عليه مطر غزير فأزاح عنه التراب، فتركه أملس لا شيء عليه، فكذلك هؤلاء المراؤون تضمحلُّ أعمالهم عند الله، ولا يجدون شيئًا من الثواب على ما أنفقوه. والله لا يوفق الكافرين لإصابة الحق في نفقاتهم وغيرها.

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