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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nisa 4:38

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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينًا فَسَآءَ قَرِينًا

And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allāh nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a companion.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأعتدنا هذا العذاب كذلك للذين ينفقون أموالهم رياءً وسمعةً، ولا يصدقون بالله اعتقادًا وعملا ولا بيوم القيامة. وهذه الأعمال السيئة مما يدعو إليها الشيطان. ومن يكن الشيطان له ملازمًا فبئس الملازم والقرين.

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