سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 100
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ قَتُورًا ﴿100﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (to the disbelievers): "If you possessed the treasure of the Mercy of my Lord (wealth, money, provision.), then you would surely hold back (from spending) for fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُل
qul
Say
لَّوْ
law
If
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
تَمْلِكُونَ
tamlikūna
possess
خَزَآئِنَ
khazāina
the treasures
رَحْمَةِ
raḥmati
(of) the Mercy
رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
(of) my Lord
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ
la-amsaktum
surely you would withhold
خَشْيَةَ
khashyata
(out of) fear
ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ
l-infāqi
(of) spending
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And is
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
l-insānu
man
قَتُورًۭا
qatūran
stingy
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
10. 1. The meaning of خشیۃ الانفاق is: خشیۃ ان ینفقوا فیفتقروا. Out of fear that if they spend, they will finish it off, and after that, they will become poor. Although this is the divine treasure which is never-ending, but since man is inherently narrow-hearted, he acts with miserliness. At another place, Allah Almighty has said (اَمْ لَھُمْ نَصِيْبٌ مِّنَ الْمُلْكِ فَاِذًا لَّا يُؤْتُوْنَ النَّاسَ نَقِيْرًا) (4:53). That is, if they were to get any share from Allah’s kingdom, they would not give anything to people. نقیر is the small pit in a date stone, meaning they would not give even as much as a speck to anyone. It is Allah’s mercy and His grace and generosity that He has opened the doors of His treasures for people. As it is mentioned in the hadith, Allah’s hands are full, He spends day and night, but there is no decrease in it. Just look, since He created the heavens and the earth, how much must He have spent, but what is in His hand does not decrease, it remains full. Al-Bukhari. Muslim.
