Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 98
Quran 9:98 · The Repentance · Madani · Para 11 · Page 202
وَمِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ مَنْ یَّتَّخِذُ مَا یُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَّیَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَآىِٕرَ ؕ عَلَیْهِمْ دَآىِٕرَةُ السَّوْءِ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ سَمِیْعٌ عَلِیْمٌ ۟
Transliteration
Wamina al-aAArabi man yattakhithuma yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbasu bikumu addawa-iraAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i wallahusameeAAun AAaleem
Saheeh International
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Some of the desert hypocrites consider whatever wealth they spend in Allah’s path to be a loss and a punishment, because they think that there will be no reward for spending and that Allah will not punish them if they do not spend. Despite this, they sometimes spend to show off and to hide their real beliefs. They wait for evil to come to you, O believers, so that they can be rid of you. Instead, But Allah has made the evil and the turn of fortune that they wished to afflict the believers to occur on them instead. Allah hears what they say and knows what they keep hidden in their hearts.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
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