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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 7
ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those who give not the Zakât and they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يُؤْتُونَ
yu'tūna
give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
the zakah
وَهُم
wahum
and they
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
bil-ākhirati
in the Hereafter
هُمْ
hum
they
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
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.
7. 1. This surah is Makki. Zakat was made obligatory in the second year after Hijrah, so here it either refers to charity, the command for which continued to be given to Muslims even in Makkah, just as the command for morning and evening prayers existed before, and then a year and a half before Hijrah, on the night of Isra, the command for five obligatory prayers was given. Or, by Zakat is meant the testimony of faith, through which the human soul is purified from the impurities of shirk. (Ibn Kathir)
