Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:79

9:79

ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

alladhīna yalmizūna l-muṭawiʿīna mina l-mu'minīna fī l-ṣadaqāti wa-alladhīna lā yajidūna illā juh'dahum fayaskharūna min'hum sakhira l-lahu min'hum walahum ʿadhābun alīmun

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 - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.

— Saheeh International

It is they who criticize the believers who give freely and those who can only give a little with great effort: they scoff at such people, but it is God who scoffs at them- a painful punishment awaits them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allâh’s Cause) voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity (in Allâh’s Cause) except what is available to them - so they mock at them (believers); Allâh will throw back their mockery on them, and they shall have a painful torment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَلْمِزُونَyalmizūnacriticize
ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَl-muṭawiʿīnathe ones who give willingly
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
فِىfīconcerning
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
لَاlānot
يَجِدُونَyajidūnafind
إِلَّاillāexcept
جُهْدَهُمْjuh'dahumtheir effort
فَيَسْخَرُونَfayaskharūnaso they ridicule
مِنْهُمْۙmin'humthem
سَخِرَsakhiraAllah will ridicule
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will ridicule
مِنْهُمْmin'humthem
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful