The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 727
PT. 10 AT-TAUBAH CH. 9 وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقتُهُمْ And nothing has derived. 54 إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلَا contributions save that they يَأْتُونَ الصَّلوةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلَا them of the acceptance of their theyĻIRSTY disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger. And "they come not to Prayer except lazily and they make no contribution save reluctantly. 1210 55. So let not their wealth nor their children excite thy wonder. يُنْفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَرِهُونَ فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ اَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا اَوْلَادُهُمْ ، إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَوةِ Allah only intends to punish الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ اَنْفُسُهُمُ وَهُمُ كفِرُونَ them therewith in the present life and that their souls may depart while they are disbelievers. 1211 a "4:143. 9:85. they were doomed, Zakāh, which was means of purification and, therefore, of winning salvation, would not be accepted from them. This shows that the dealings of the Holy Prophet with the hypocrites were not dictated by any monetary or mundane considerations. 1210. Commentary: their possessions and their children, for whose sake they refrained from going to battle, would become a source of torture for them. Their children would embrace the faith they hate and would become its devoted followers and, thus, their wealth would also be used in furthering and strengthening the very cause which they abhorred. Think of the shock which 'Abdullah bin Ubayy, leader of the hypocrites at Medina, must have felt on learning that his own son had asked the Holy Prophet to allow him to kill his father when the latter, on one occasion, used highly insulting and threatening language regarding the Holy Prophet and tried to create discord among the Good works are of two kinds: (1) those done for the purification of one's own soul, of which Prayer is the most important, and (2) those done for the uplift of one's community, of which Zakāh or other similar subscriptions form an important part. Hypocrites, the verse points out, are lazy and reluctant in both these fields. 1211. Commentary: The verse warns the hypocrites that Faithful. 1167