Surah Yasin ayat 47 Tafsir Quran 36:47

﴿وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ﴾
[ يس: 47]

36:47 And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allah has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

And when it is said that is when the poor ones from among the Companions of the Prophet say to them ‘Expend on us of what God has provided you’ of wealth those who disbelieve say to those who believe in mockery of them ‘Are we to feed those whom if God willed He would feed? as you are wont to believe? You in saying this to us together with this believe of yours are only in manifest error!’ — as an explicit declaration of their disbelief this statement is very effective in the way that it has been expressed.

And when told to spend in benevolence of what Allah has bestowed them and given them of His bounty, the infidels express their thoughts in words and pitifully say: Shall we feed him whom Allah can feed if He will! You must be deviated in mind and have wandered from the path of righteousness

The Misguidance of the Idolators Allah tells us how the idolators persisted in their misguidance and in not paying attention to the sins that they had committed in the past or what was to happen to them in the future, on the Day of Resurrection. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُواْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ ( And when it is said to them: "Fear of that which is before you, and that which is behind you..." ) Mujahid said, "This refers to sins." Others said it is the opposite. لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ( in order that you may receive mercy. ) means, `so that, if you fear such things Allah will have mercy on you and will save you from His punishment.' The wording implies that they would not respond.
Rather that they would turn away and ignore that, as Allah says: وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ ( And never came an Ayah from among the Ayat of their Lord to them, ) meaning, signs of Tawhid and the truth of the Messengers, إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ( but they did turn away from it, ) means, they did not accept it or benefit from it. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رِزَقَكُمُ الله ( And when it is said to them: "Spend of that with which Allah has provided you," ) means, when they are told to spend of that which Allah has provided to them on the poor and needy among the Muslims, قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ( those who disbelieve say to those who believe ) means, about the believers who are poor, i.e., they say to those believers who tell them to spend on the needy, أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُ ( Shall we feed those whom, if Allah willed, He (Himself ) would have fed) meaning, `those whom you are telling us to spend on, if Allah had wanted to, He would have made them independent and fed them from His provision, so we are in accordance with the will of Allah with regard to them. إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ ( You are only in a plain error. ) means, `by telling us to do that.'

(36:47) And when it is said to them: 'Spend (in the Way of Allah) out of the sustenance that Allah has provided you,' the unbelievers say to the believers: 'Shall we feed him whom, Allah would have fed, had He so wished?' Say: 'You are in evident error.' *43

And when it is said to them, meaning

*43) This means to show that disbelief has not only blinded their intellect but has destroyed their moral sense, too.
They neither have the right thought about Allah nor do they adopt the right attitude towards the people.
They react adversely to every admonition, follow a perverse philosophy in respite of every deviation and immorality and have a ready made pretence for escape from every good.

 

The Misguidance of the Idolators Allah tells us how the idolators persisted in their misguidance and in not paying attention to the sins that they had committed in the past or what was to happen to them in the future, on the Day of Resurrection. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُواْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ ( And when it is said to them: "Fear of that which is before you, and that which is behind you..." ) Mujahid said, "This refers to sins." Others said it is the opposite. لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ( in order that you may receive mercy. ) means, `so that, if you fear such things Allah will have mercy on you and will save you from His punishment.' The wording implies that they would not respond.
Rather that they would turn away and ignore that, as Allah says: وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ ( And never came an Ayah from among the Ayat of their Lord to them, ) meaning, signs of Tawhid and the truth of the Messengers, إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ( but they did turn away from it, ) means, they did not accept it or benefit from it. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رِزَقَكُمُ الله ( And when it is said to them: "Spend of that with which Allah has provided you," ) means, when they are told to spend of that which Allah has provided to them on the poor and needy among the Muslims, قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ( those who disbelieve say to those who believe ) means, about the believers who are poor, i.e., they say to those believers who tell them to spend on the needy, أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُ ( Shall we feed those whom, if Allah willed, He (Himself ) would have fed) meaning, `those whom you are telling us to spend on, if Allah had wanted to, He would have made them independent and fed them from His provision, so we are in accordance with the will of Allah with regard to them. إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ ( You are only in a plain error. ) means, `by telling us to do that.'

( And when it is said unto them ) to the people of Mecca; the poor among the believers said to them: ( Spend ) on the poor ( of that wherewith Allah hath provided you. Those who disbelieve ) the disbelievers of Mecca ( say unto those who believe ) the poor believers: ( Shall we feed ) shall we spend on ( those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed ) would provide for? ( Ye are ) O group of believers; it is also said that the believers said to them: you are ( in naught else than error manifest ) it is also said that this verse was revealed about the atheists of Quraysh.

And when it is said to them: "Spend of that with which Allah has provided you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe: "Shall we feed those whom, if Allah willed, He (Himself) would have fed? You are only in a plain error."

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