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Read Surah At-Taubah

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

قُلْ لَّنْ یُّصِیْبَنَاۤ اِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَنَا ۚ هُوَ مَوْلٰىنَا ۚ وَ عَلَی اللّٰهِ فَلْیَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ۝۵۱

Tell them: "Nothing can befall us except what God decrees. Our protector is He, and in God should the faithful place their trust."

قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُوْنَ بِنَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِحْدَی الْحُسْنَیَیْنِ ؕ وَ نَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ اَنْ یُّصِیْبَكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِنْدِهٖۤ اَوْ بِاَیْدِیْنَا ۖؗ فَتَرَبَّصُوْۤا اِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّتَرَبِّصُوْنَ۝۵۲

Say: "Are you waiting for anything else but one of two good things for us, (victory or martyrdom)? Yet what we are waiting for you is the punishment of God, direct or through us. So keep waiting; we are waiting with you."

قُلْ اَنْفِقُوْا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْهًا لَّنْ یُّتَقَبَّلَ مِنْكُمْ ؕ اِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا فٰسِقِیْنَ۝۵۳

Tell them: "You may spend (in the way of God), whether willingly or with reluctance, it will not be accepted from you, for you are reprobates."

وَ مَا مَنَعَهُمْ اَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقٰتُهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَ بِرَسُوْلِهٖ وَ لَا یَاْتُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ اِلَّا وَ هُمْ كُسَالٰی وَ لَا یُنْفِقُوْنَ اِلَّا وَ هُمْ كٰرِهُوْنَ۝۵۴

Nothing prevents the acceptance of what they spend except that they do not believe in God and His Apostle, and come to worship but languidly and spend only grudgingly.

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ اَمْوَالُهُمْ وَ لَاۤ اَوْلَادُهُمْ ؕ اِنَّمَا یُرِیْدُ اللّٰهُ لِیُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا وَ تَزْهَقَ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَ هُمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ۝۵۵

Do not marvel at their wealth and children. God intends to punish them through these in the world; and their souls will depart in a state of disbelief.

وَ یَحْلِفُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ اِنَّهُمْ لَمِنْكُمْ ؕ وَ مَا هُمْ مِّنْكُمْ وَ لٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ یَّفْرَقُوْنَ۝۵۶

They swear by God they are with you, though in fact they are not. They are only a frightened lot.

لَوْ یَجِدُوْنَ مَلْجَاً اَوْ مَغٰرٰتٍ اَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا اِلَیْهِ وَ هُمْ یَجْمَحُوْنَ۝۵۷

If they find a place of shelter or a cave or hole to hide, they will turn to it.

وَ مِنْهُمْ مَّنْ یَّلْمِزُكَ فِی الصَّدَقٰتِ ۚ فَاِنْ اُعْطُوْا مِنْهَا رَضُوْا وَ اِنْ لَّمْ یُعْطَوْا مِنْهَاۤ اِذَا هُمْ یَسْخَطُوْنَ۝۵۸

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.

وَ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ رَضُوْا مَاۤ اٰتٰىهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ ۙ وَ قَالُوْا حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ سَیُؤْتِیْنَا اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗۤ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اِلَی اللّٰهِ رٰغِبُوْنَ۠۝۵۹

They should rather have been pleased with what God and His Prophet had given them, and said: "God is sufficient for us; He will give us of His largesse as will His Apostle. We supplicate no one but God."

اِنَّمَا الصَّدَقٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَ الْمَسٰكِیْنِ وَ الْعٰمِلِیْنَ عَلَیْهَا وَ الْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوْبُهُمْ وَ فِی الرِّقَابِ وَ الْغٰرِمِیْنَ وَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ ابْنِ السَّبِیْلِ ؕ فَرِیْضَةً مِّنَ اللّٰهِ ؕ وَ اللّٰهُ عَلِیْمٌ حَكِیْمٌ۝۶۰

Charities are meant for the indigent and needy, and those who collect and distribute them, and those whom you wish to win over, and for redeeming slaves (and captives) and those who are burdened with debt, and in the cause of God, and the wayfarers: So does God ordain. God is all-knowing and all-wise.