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At-Tawbah 54

Ayah 54 of 129 · Medinan

وَمَا مَنَعَهُمۡ أَن تُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُمۡ نَفَقَٰتُهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأۡتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمۡ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمۡ كَٰرِهُونَ ٥٤

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. مَنَعَهُمۡprevents themmanaʿahum
  3. أَنthatan
  4. تُقۡبَلَis acceptedtuq'bala
  5. مِنۡهُمۡfrom themmin'hum
  6. نَفَقَٰتُهُمۡtheir contributionsnafaqātuhum
  7. إِلَّآexceptillā
  8. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  9. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  10. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  11. وَبِرَسُولِهِۦand in His Messengerwabirasūlihi
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. يَأۡتُونَthey comeyatūna
  14. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ(to) the prayerl-ṣalata
  15. إِلَّاexceptillā
  16. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  17. كُسَالَىٰ(are) lazykusālā
  18. وَلَاand notwalā
  19. يُنفِقُونَthey spendyunfiqūna
  20. إِلَّاexceptillā
  21. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  22. كَٰرِهُونَ(are) unwillingkārihūna

Tafsir

What the hypocrites spend in charity will not be accepted from them due to three matters: their disbelief in Allah and His Messenger; their reluctance and lack of interest in praying; and not spending their wealth willingly, but only unwillingly – because they do not expect to get any benefit from their prayer, or from what they spend.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran