Surah At-Tawba 9:79 — translation and meaning

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ۙ الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۙ
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
يَلْمِزُونَ
yalmizuna
criticize
الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ
al-mutawi'ina
the ones who give willingly
مِنَ
mina
of
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believers
فِي
fi
concerning
الصَّدَقَاتِ
al-sadaqati
the charities
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
and those who
لَا
la
not
يَجِدُونَ
yajiduna
find
إِلَّا
illa
except
جُهْدَهُمْ
juh'dahum
their effort
فَيَسْخَرُونَ
fayaskharuna
so they ridicule
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
them
سَخِرَ
sakhira
Allah will ridicule
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah will ridicule
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful

Transliteration

Allazeena yalmizoonal mut tawwi'eena minalmu'mineena fis sadaqaati wallazeena laa yajidoona illaa juhdahum fayaskharoona minhum sakhiral laahu minhum wa lahum azaabun aleem

Translation

Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who find fault with the believers who voluntarily give a little charity, who only find a little that they are able to give, and they poke fun at them – saying: Of what use is their charity? – Allah mocks them in return for their mocking the believers; and they will receive a painful punishment.

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

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