Surah At-Tawba 9:76 — translation and meaning

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فَلَمَّا آتَاهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوا بِهِ وَتَوَلَّوا وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Word by Word

فَلَمَّا
falamma
But when
آتَاهُم
atahum
He gave them
مِّن
min
of
فَضْلِهِ
fadlihi
His Bounty
بَخِلُوا
bakhilu
they became stingy
بِهِ
bihi
with it
وَتَوَلَّوا
watawallaw
and turned away
وَّهُم
wahum
while they
مُّعْرِضُونَ
mu'riduna
(were) averse

Transliteration

Falammaaa aataahum min fadlihee bakhiloo bihee wa tawallaw wa hum mu'ridoon

Translation

But when he gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When Allah, may He be glorified, gave them from His bounty, they did not fulfil the promise they made with Him. Instead, they became miserly and did not give any charity, and they turned away from accepting the faith with hatred.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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