Lesson # 1097 from
Holy Qur-’aan
Worthlessness of the wealth
Surah ‘TAWBAH or BARAAA-‘AH (REPENTANCE) –
Chapter – 9)
Stage – 2, Verses – 53 & 54 of 129,
Section – 7 of 16 (Part – 10)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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53. Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or
unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye are froward folk.
54. And naught preventeth that their
contributions should be accepted from them save that they have disbelieved in
Allah and in His Messenger, and they come not to worship save as idlers, and
pay not (their contribution) save reluctantly.
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53. Qul ‘anfiquu taw-‘an
‘aw
karhal-lany-yuta-qabbala
minkum ‘inna-kum kuntum
qaw-man- faasi-qiin.
54. Wa
maa mana-‘ahum ‘an-tuqbala
minhum nafaqaa-tuhum ‘illaa
‘annahum kafaruu BIllaahi
wa bi-RasuuliHii wa
laa ya’-tuunas-Salaata ‘illaa
wa hum kusaalaa
wa laa- yunfiquuna
‘illaa wa hum kaarihuun.
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Lesson
Nafaqaatu – (contributions), it is plural
of nafaqatun. Which money is spent by a man, is called nafaqah,
whether that is spent to fulfill own necessities or in the works of welfare and
rehabilitation for the common people. This word was discussed in Surah ‘Al-Baqarah.
Here it aims “alms, offerings and contribution”.
Kusaalaa – (the idlers), this word is
plural of kaslaan which has been derived from kasal. Kasal means
idleness, sloth, to shirk from work. Kasalaan is an adjective from the
same.
It is
commanded that God Almighty is not indigent of your wealth. Keep your wealth. State
of your intentions is obvious. Afterwards, your contribution for the help of
Muslims will not be accepted, whether you give it happily or under compulsion. While
you have disobeyed God Almighty, did not care about the Sayings of His
Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), offered prayer to
show; in weary condition and with difficulty, and paid contribution with
reluctant heart, then you have not been able that your contribution for the
help of Muslims are accepted. We don’t need your wealth. Allah Almighty
observes the condition of the hearts. While your hearts are insincere, then it
is useless to spend the wealth. There is no reward for it.
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