The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 740
CH. 9 AT-TAUBAH PT. 10 وَبِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ اَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا اَنَّ اللهَ يَعْلَمُهُمُ Know they not that Allah. 78 they shall meet Him, because they broke their promise to Allah, and because they lied. 1230 knows their secrets as well as Allah is the Best Knower of all unseen things? وَنَجُوبُهُمْ وَاَنَّ اللهَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ their private counsels and that الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَوَّعِيْنَ مِنَ Those who find fault with. 79 such of the believers as give الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقْتِ وَالَّذِينَ alms of their own free will and with such as find nothing to لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ give save the earnings of their مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ. toil. They thus deride them عَذَابٌ أَلِيم Allah shall requite them for their derision, and for them is a grievous punishment. 1231 "6:4; 11:6; 25:7; 28:70. 9:58. meet the expenses of this great 1230. Commentary: The verse points to the great truth expedition. 'Uthman gave 300 camels that sometimes one sin follows another as a natural consequence thereof. Hypocrisy took the place of faith in the hearts of those who and 10,000 dinārs; Abū Bakr parted with all that he possessed; while 'Umar gave as much as half of his entire property. The hypocrites attributed these and other similar did not keep the promise they had liberal donations to a desire for show made with God. See also the preceding two verses. 1231. Commentary: The verse purports to say that the hypocrites sought excuses to find fault with all classes of believers- both those who spent freely and those who could not do so. Particular reference is to the expedition to Tabuk. Before he started for Tabük, the Holy Prophet invited the believers to make voluntary contribution to and display on the part of the donors. On the other hand, poor believers, who could make only small contributions, were also not spared. For instance, a poor Muslim, Abū 'Aqil, who gave only a small quantity of dates, his whole day's earnings, as his contribution, was scoffed at by the hypocrites for his scanty offering. It is to the taunting and scoffing of the hypocrites on this occasion that this verse particularly refers. 1180