Verse. 1293

٩ - ٱلتَّوْبَة

9 - At-Tawba

وَمِنْہُمْ مَّنْ يَّلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقٰتِ۝۰ۚ فَاِنْ اُعْطُوْا مِنْہَا رَضُوْا وَاِنْ لَّمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْہَاۗ اِذَا ہُمْ يَسْخَطُوْنَ۝۵۸
Waminhum man yalmizuka fee alssadaqati fain oAAtoo minha radoo wain lam yuAAtaw minha itha hum yaskhatoona

English

Ahmed Ali

There are some among them who blame you (of partiality) in distributing the offerings made in the name of God. In case they receive some of these they are pleased, if not, they are incensed.

58

Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and of them) of the hypocrites: abu'l-ahwas and his host (is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms) he defames you regarding the division of alms. they claimed that he did not divide them fairly. (if they are given thereof) of the alms a good share (they are content) with the division, (and if they are not given thereof) of the alms a good share, (behold! they are enraged) in relation to the division of the same.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : some of them defame you concerning the, apportioning of, voluntary almsgivings; if they are given a share of them, they are content, but if they are given none then they are enraged.

Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi

تفسير : (and of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms…) [9:58]. ahmad ibn muhammad ibn ibrahim al-tha‘labi informed us> ‘abd allah ibn hamid> ahmad ibn muhammad ibn al-hasan al-hafiz> muhammad ibn yahya> ‘abd al-razzaq> ma‘mar> al-zuhri> abu salamah ibn ‘abd al-rahman> abu sa‘id al-khudri who said: “while the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, was dividing alms, ibn dhu khuwaysirah al-tamimi (hurqus ibn zuhayr, the origin of the kharijites) came to him and said: ‘be fair with us, o messenger of allah!’ the prophet replied to him: ‘woe unto you, who is going to be fair if i am not?’ and then the verse (and of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms…) was revealed”. this was narrated by bukhari from ‘abd allah ibn muhammad from hisham from ma‘mar. al-kalbi said: “this was revealed about those whose hearts are to be reconciled, i.e. the hypocrites. one of them, whose name is al-jawaz, said to the prophet, allah bless him and give him peace: ‘you did not divide [the alms] fairly!’ and so allah, exalted is he, revealed (and of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms)”.