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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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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7. Those who do not give zakat [6], and they are deniers of the Hereafter as well.
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The Two Meanings of Zakat:
This phrase has two meanings. One, in the literal sense, zakā means growth, development, and becoming excellent, and zakī and zakiyy mean to purify the soul from spiritual impurities, corrupt beliefs, diseases, and vile morals, and to develop praiseworthy qualities. In this sense, the meaning of this phrase is that destruction is for those polytheists who do not purify themselves from their polytheistic beliefs. The second meaning, in the technical religious sense, is that such polytheists, by committing shirk, violate the rights of Allah, and by not paying zakat, violate the rights of people. And the root cause of both is that they deny accountability in the Hereafter.
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The Two Meanings of Zakat:
This phrase has two meanings. One, in the literal sense, zakā means growth, development, and becoming excellent, and zakī and zakiyy mean to purify the soul from spiritual impurities, corrupt beliefs, diseases, and vile morals, and to develop praiseworthy qualities. In this sense, the meaning of this phrase is that destruction is for those polytheists who do not purify themselves from their polytheistic beliefs. The second meaning, in the technical religious sense, is that such polytheists, by committing shirk, violate the rights of Allah, and by not paying zakat, violate the rights of people. And the root cause of both is that they deny accountability in the Hereafter.
