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At-Tawbah 76

Ayah 76 of 129 · Medinan

فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ بَخِلُواْ بِهِۦ وَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٧٦

But when He gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّآBut whenfalammā
  2. ءَاتَىٰهُمHe gave themātāhum
  3. مِّنofmin
  4. فَضۡلِهِۦHis Bountyfaḍlihi
  5. بَخِلُواْthey became stingybakhilū
  6. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  7. وَتَوَلَّواْand turned awaywatawallaw
  8. وَّهُمwhile theywahum
  9. مُّعۡرِضُونَ(were) aversemuʿ'riḍūna

Tafsir

When Allah, may He be glorified, gave them from His bounty, they did not fulfil the promise they made with Him. Instead, they became miserly and did not give any charity, and they turned away from accepting the faith with hatred.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran