The Holy Quran 36:47 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Translation

When they are told, “Spend (on the poor) from what (wealth) Allaah has provided for you," the Kuffaar (cynically) say to the Mu'mineen, "Should we feed someone whom Allaah will feed (directly without us as a means) if He wills? You are but in manifest deviation." (They foolishly fail to realise that Allaah certainly does not need any person's charity to feed the poor just as He does not need it to feed the rich and the rest of creation. By spending on the poor, people are doing themselves a favour because they will be generously rewarded for their charity.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The disbelievers’ mockery: that is, what hope is there of their obeying the other commands of Allah! Spending on the poor and the needy is a meritorious deed even in their own view, but when this same accepted principle is voiced by the Prophet ﷺ and the believers, they reject it in the crudest manner, with mockery, saying: “Those whom Allah Himself has not…

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