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An-Nisa 37

Ayah 37 of 176 · Medinan

ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبُخۡلِ وَيَكۡتُمُونَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٗا مُّهِينٗا ٣٧

Who are stingy and enjoin upon [other] people stinginess and conceal what Allāh has given them of His bounty - and We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. يَبۡخَلُونَare stingyyabkhalūna
  3. وَيَأۡمُرُونَand orderwayamurūna
  4. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  5. بِٱلۡبُخۡلِ[of] stinginessbil-bukh'li
  6. وَيَكۡتُمُونَand hidewayaktumūna
  7. مَآwhatmā
  8. ءَاتَىٰهُمُ(has) given themātāhumu
  9. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  10. مِنofmin
  11. فَضۡلِهِۦۗHis Bounty faḍlihi
  12. وَأَعۡتَدۡنَاand We (have) preparedwa-aʿtadnā
  13. لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَfor the disbelieverslil'kāfirīna
  14. عَذَابٗاa punishmentʿadhāban
  15. مُّهِينٗاhumiliatingmuhīnan

Tafsir

Allah does not like those who do not spend what Allah made a duty on them from the wealth He gave them out of His provision, and who instruct others through their words and actions to do the same as them: hiding the wealth, knowledge and other things which Allah has given them out of His grace; not showing people the truth, but hiding it instead and showing falsehood. These are among the traits of disbelief, and Allah has prepared a humiliating punishment for those who disbelieve.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran