سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ

Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 77

The Repentance · Medinan · Juz 10 · Page 199

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ ﴿77﴾
So He punished them by putting hypocrisy into their hearts till the Day whereon they shall meet Him, because they broke that (covenant with Allâh) which they had promised to Him and because they used to tell lies.
فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ fa-aʿqabahum So He penalized them
نِفَاقًۭا nifāqan (with) hypocrisy
فِى in
قُلُوبِهِمْ qulūbihim their hearts
إِلَىٰ ilā until
يَوْمِ yawmi the day
يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ yalqawnahu when they will meet Him
بِمَآ bimā because
أَخْلَفُوا۟ akhlafū they broke
ٱللَّهَ l-laha (the covenant with) Allah
مَا what
وَعَدُوهُ waʿadūhu they had promised Him
وَبِمَا wabimā and because
كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to
يَكْذِبُونَ yakdhibūna lie

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So as a consequence, Allah put hypocrisy into their hearts until the Day they will meet Him, because they broke their promise to Allah [93] and because they used to lie.

[93] Two things are understood from these verses: first, that the person who gives zakat not out of happiness of heart, but considers it a penalty or, under the pressure of society, pays zakat unwillingly and under compulsion, is a hypocrite; and second, that the zakat of such a hypocrite will not be accepted, and even if he pays it himself, it will be of no benefit to him in the Hereafter. The fault of the hypocrites was not only that they did not fulfill the promise of spending in the way of Allah which they made at the time of supplication, but they would also lie and make excuses in front of your collector. This is also the practice of some so-called Muslims of today.