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وَمِنۡهُم
And among them
مَّنۡ
(is he) who
عَٰهَدَ
made a covenant
ٱللَّهَ
(with) Allah
لَئِنۡ
If
ءَاتَىٰنَا
He gives us
مِن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ
His bounty
لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ
surely we will give charity
وَلَنَكُونَنَّ
and surely we will be
مِنَ
among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
the righteous
وَمِنۡهُم
And among them
مَّنۡ
(is he) who
عَٰهَدَ
made a covenant
ٱللَّهَ
(with) Allah
لَئِنۡ
If
ءَاتَىٰنَا
He gives us
مِن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ
His bounty
لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ
surely we will give charity
وَلَنَكُونَنَّ
and surely we will be
مِنَ
among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
the righteous
Translation
And among them are those who made a covenant with Allāh, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous."
Tafsir
And some of them have made a covenant with God [saying]: 'If He gives us of His bounty, we will give voluntary alms (la-nassaddaqanna: the original taa' [of natasaddaqanna] has been assimilated with the saad) and become of the righteous': this was Tha'laba ibn Haatib, who asked the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him to supplicate on his behalf so that God would give him wealth, of which he would give every needy person his due. He [the Prophet] thus supplicated for him and he became wealthy, but stopped attending the Friday prayer and congregational prayers and refused to pay the alms-tax, as God, exalted be He, says:
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Hypocrites seek Wealth but are Stingy with Alms
Allah says,
وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَاهَدَ اللّهَ لَيِنْ اتَانَا مِن فَضْلِهِ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
فَلَمَّا اتَاهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُواْ بِهِ وَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُ
And of them are some who made a covenant with Allah (saying):""If He bestowed on us of His bounty, we will verily, give Sadaqah and will be certainly among the righteous.""
Then when He gave them of His bounty, they became stingy, and turned away, averse. So He punished them by putting hypocrisy into their hearts till the Day whereon they shall meet Him,
Allah says, some hypocrites give Allah their strongest oaths that if He enriches them from His bounty, they will give away alms and be among the righteous. However, they did not fulfill their vows or say the truth with their words. The consequence of this action is that hypocrisy was placed in their hearts until the Day they meet Allah the Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection.
We seek refuge with Allah from such an end.
Allah said,
بمَا أَخْلَفُواْ اللّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ
because they broke that (covenant) with Allah which they had promised to Him)
He placed hypocrisy in their hearts because they broke their promise and lied.
وَبِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْذِبُونَ
and because they used to tell lies.
In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah said,
ايَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلَثٌ
إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ
وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ
وَإِذَا ايْتُمِنَ خَان
There are three signs for a hypocrite:
if he speaks, he lies;
if he promises, he breaks the promise; and
if he is entrusted, he betrays the trust.
Allah said
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ
Know they not that Allah knows their secret ideas, and their Najwa,
Allah states that He knows the secret and what is more hidden than the secret. He has full knowledge of what is in their hearts, even when they pretend that they will give away alms, if they acquire wealth, and will be grateful to Allah for it. Truly,
Allah knows them better than they know themselves, for He is the All-Knower of all unseen and apparent things, every secret, every session of counsel, and all that is seen and hidden.
وَأَنَّ اللّهَ عَلَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ
and that Allah is the All-Knower of things unseen."
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