سُوْرَةُ الْمَعَارِجِ

Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70) — Ayah 21

The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 569

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿21﴾
And niggardly when good touches him.
وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
مَسَّهُ massahu touches him
ٱلْخَيْرُ l-khayru the good
مَنُوعًا manūʿan withholding

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21. And when wealth comes to him, he becomes stingy [13].

[13] That is, the general nature of man is such that when he is afflicted with any hardship, falls ill, or faces financial difficulty, instead of enduring that time with patience, he begins to panic and despair. Sometimes he starts blaming fate, and sometimes his own destiny. And when Allah removes his hardship, he still does not thank Allah. Rather, he clings to wealth as if a snake is sitting on a treasure. Then he becomes so obsessed with accumulating more that not only does he refrain from helping any poor or needy person or fulfilling their needs, but he is not even willing to spend on his own family or himself. His only desire is that his wealth continues to increase day by day.