Translation:
Such persons as are 5311 covetous and commend covetousness to men. And if any turn back 5312 (from Allah.s Way), verily Allah is Free of all Needs, Worthy of all Praise.
Such persons as are 5311 covetous and commend covetousness to men. And if any turn back 5312 (from Allah.s Way), verily Allah is Free of all Needs, Worthy of all Praise.
Translation:
those who are niggardly [with God’s bounty] and bid others to be niggardly! 39 And he who turns his back [on this truth 40 ought to know that], verily, God alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due!
those who are niggardly [with God’s bounty] and bid others to be niggardly! 39 And he who turns his back [on this truth 40 ought to know that], verily, God alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due!
Commentary:
39 Cf. last sentence of 4:36 and the whole of verse 37.
40 I.e., does not want to admit that whatever has happened must have been willed by God.
39 Cf. last sentence of 4:36 and the whole of verse 37.
40 I.e., does not want to admit that whatever has happened must have been willed by God.
5311 Neither the Covetous nor the Boasters have any place in the Good Pleasure of Allah. The Covetous are particularly insidious, as their avarice and miserliness not only keep back the gifts of Allah from men, but their pernicious example dries up the streams of Charity in others.
5312 It is Charity in Allah's Way that is specially in view here. If people are selfish and withhold their hand, they only injure themselves. They do not hurt Allah's Cause, for He is independent of all needs, and He will find other means of assisting His more meagerly endowed servants; He is worthy of all praise in His