Allathee yu'tee malahu yatazakka (surah Lail: 18)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(92:18) the Godfearing who spends his wealth to purify himself; *9

Allazee yu`tee maalahoo yatazakkaa

*9) This dces not mean that no one will enter the fire except the most wretched one, and no one will be saved from it except the most pious one but the object is to describe the extremely contradictory fate of the two extremely contradictory' characters. One of them is the person who belies the teachings of Allah and His Messenger and turns away from obedience; the other one is the person, who not only believes but also spends his wealth in the cause of Allah sincerely, without any desire for display and reputation, only in order to be regarded as a pure man in His eyes. Both these types of character were present in the Makkah society of that day. Therefore., without mentioning any name, the people have been told that the man of the first type of character only will burn in the fire of Hell and not the man of the second type of character; the man of the second type of character only will be kept away from it and not the man of the first type of character.