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

At-Tawbah 9:79

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ومع بخل المنافقين لا يَسْلَم المتصدقون من أذاهم; فإذا تصدق الأغنياء بالمال الكثير عابوهم واتهموهم بالرياء، وإذا تصدق الفقراء بما في طاقتهم استهزؤوا بهم، وقالوا سخرية منهم: ماذا تجدي صدقتهم هذه؟ سخر الله من هؤلاء المنافقين، ولهم عذاب مؤلم موجع.

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