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At-Tawbah 9:92

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وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا مَآ أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَآ أَجِدُ مَآ أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ تَوَلَّوا۟ وَّأَعْيُنُهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا يَجِدُوا۟ مَا يُنفِقُونَ

Nor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you for you to take them along, you said, "I can find nothing upon which to carry you." They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allāh].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وكذلك لا إثم على الذين إذا ما جاؤوك يطلبون أن تعينهم بحملهم إلى الجهاد قلت لهم: لا أجد ما أحملكم عليه من الدوابِّ، فانصرفوا عنك، وقد فاضت أعينهم دَمعًا أسفًا على ما فاتهم من شرف الجهاد وثوابه; لأنهم لم يجدوا ما ينفقون، وما يحملهم لو خرجوا للجهاد في سبيل الله.

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