سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 79
ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿79﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allâh’s Cause) voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity (in Allâh’s Cause) except what is available to them - so they mock at them (believers); Allâh will throw back their mockery on them, and they shall have a painful torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَلْمِزُونَ
yalmizūna
criticize
ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ
l-muṭawiʿīna
the ones who give willingly
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
فِى
fī
concerning
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ
l-ṣadaqāti
the charities
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
لَا
lā
not
يَجِدُونَ
yajidūna
find
إِلَّا
illā
except
جُهْدَهُمْ
juh'dahum
their effort
فَيَسْخَرُونَ
fayaskharūna
so they ridicule
مِنْهُمْ ۙ
min'hum
them
سَخِرَ
sakhira
Allah will ridicule
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah will ridicule
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alīmun
painful
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.
79. 1. The meaning of مطّوعین is those who, in addition to the obligatory charities, willingly spend more in the way of Allah. The meaning of "جہد" is effort and hardship, that is, those people who are not wealthy but still, from the little wealth they earn through their hard work and effort, spend in the way of Allah. In this verse, another extremely vile act of the hypocrites is being mentioned: when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, on occasions such as war, would appeal to the Muslims for donations, the Muslims would respond to his appeal and participate according to their ability. Whoever had more wealth would give more charity, and whoever had less would give less. These hypocrites would taunt both types of Muslims: about those who gave more, they would say that their intention is showing off and ostentation, and to those who gave less, they would say, "What will become of your little wealth?" or "Allah is independent of your charity." (Sahih Bukhari) In this way, those hypocrites would mock and ridicule the Muslims.
79. 2. That is, He repays the mockery of the believers by humiliating and disgracing them. This relates to the principle of rhetorical correspondence (Mushakalah) (باب مشاکلت), which is a principle of علم البلاغت (the science of eloquence), or it is a supplication: may Allah also deal with them in mockery just as they mock the Muslims. (Fath al-Qadeer)
79. 2. That is, He repays the mockery of the believers by humiliating and disgracing them. This relates to the principle of rhetorical correspondence (Mushakalah) (باب مشاکلت), which is a principle of علم البلاغت (the science of eloquence), or it is a supplication: may Allah also deal with them in mockery just as they mock the Muslims. (Fath al-Qadeer)
