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

At-Tawbah 9:54

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وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَـٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَـٰرِهُونَ

And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allāh and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وسبب عدم قَبول نفقاتهم أنهم أضمروا الكفر بالله عز وجل وتكذيب رسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا يأتون الصلاة إلا وهم متثاقلون، ولا ينفقون الأموال إلا وهم كارهون، فهم لا يرجون ثواب هذه الفرائض، ولا يخشون على تركها عقابًا بسبب كفرهم.

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