The Holy Quran 2:268 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Translation

Shaytaan promises (threatens) you with poverty (telling you that you will become poor if you spend in charity) and orders you to (do acts of) immodesty whereas (if you spend in charity) Allaah promises you forgiveness from Him and (tremendous) bounty (an increase in provision). Allaah is All Embracing (His mercy and bounty surrounds everything), All Knowing (He knows the intentions and actions that people make public and those that they keep secret).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Shaytan frightens with poverty: when the thought comes into someone's heart, “If I give in charity, I will be left destitute,” and even after hearing the emphatic command of Almighty Allah he feels the same, his heart wishes not to spend his wealth, and, turning away from the promise of Allah, his nature inclines towards the promise of Shaytan and relies on…

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