إِن يَسْـَٔلْكُمُوهَا فَيُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُوا۟ وَيُخْرِجْ أَضْغَـٰنَكُمْ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your hatred [i.e., unwillingness].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவன் உங்களிடம் அவற்றைக் கேட்டு வற்புறுத்தினாலும், நீங்கள் கஞ்சத்தனம் செய்வீர்கள். (பேராசை போன்ற) உங்கள் உள்ளக்கிடக்கைகளையும் அவன் வெளிப்படுத்தி வடுவான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔහු නුඹලාගෙන් එය (ධනය) ඉල්ලා; බල කර සිටියේ නම් (එවිට) නුඹලා මසුරු වන්නෙහු ය. තවද නුඹලාගේ ක්රෝධය ඔහු හෙළි කරන්නේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اگر وه تم سے تمہارا مال مانگے اور زور دے کر مانگے تو تم اس سے بخیلی کرنے لگو گے اور وه تمہارے کینے ﻇاہر کر دے گا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- もしかれがそれをあなたがたに求められ，強要されるならば，あなたがたは惜しくなり，かれはあなたがたの恨み心を暴露されよう。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 如果他勒索你们的财产，你们就要吝啬，那吝啬要揭穿你们的怨恨。
Tafsir of 47:37
Showing the Triviality of the Worldly Life and encouraging Spending Expressing the insignificance and worthlessness of the worldly life, Allah says, إِنَّمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ (This worldly life is only amusement and diversion.) which means that such is its outcome, except for that which is done for the sake of Allah. Because of this, Allah says, وَإِن تُؤْمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ يُؤْتِكُمْ أُجُورَكُمْ وَلاَ يَسَْلْكُمْ أَمْوَلَكُمْ (And if you believe and have Taqwa of Allah, He will grant you your rewards, and will not ask from you (to sacrifice all of) your possessions.) meaning, He is in no need of you, and asks you for nothing. He only ordained giving charity from your wealth so that you would help your needy brothers. The benefit of that would then come back to you, as well as the rewards. Allah then says, ؤإِن يَسَْلْكُمُوهَا فَيُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُواْ (If He would demand of you all of it and urge you, you would withhold.) meaning, if He pressures you much, you would become stingy. وَيُخْرِجْ أَضْغَنَكُمْ (And He will expose your (secret) ill--wills.) Qatadah said, "Allah knows that extracting wealth (i.e., money from people) brings about ill-wills.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
