Surah Muhammad 47:37 — translation and meaning
محمد · Verse 37 / 38 · Page 510
إِن يَسْأَلْكُمُوهَا فَيُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُوا وَيُخْرِجْ أَضْغَانَكُمْ
Word by Word
إِن
in
If
يَسْأَلْكُمُوهَا
yasalkumuha
He were to ask you for it
فَيُحْفِكُمْ
fayuh'fikum
and press you
تَبْخَلُوا
tabkhalu
you will withhold
وَيُخْرِجْ
wayukh'rij
and He will bring forth
أَضْغَانَكُمْ
adghanakum
your hatred
Transliteration
Iny yas'alkumoohaa fa yuhfikum tabkhaloo wa yukhrij adghaanakum
Translation
If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your unwillingness.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If He had to ask you for all of your wealth and insist in this request from you, you will become miserly with it, and He will bring out the greed and miserliness in your hearts. Thus that fact He is not asking it from you is out of kindness.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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