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has revealed toHisApostle. ButAllah isWise, Knowing.
Some desert Arabs regard what they give for the cause of Allah as a
compulsory fine and wait for some misfortune to befall you. May ill-
fortune befall them!Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
Yet there are other desert Arabs who believe in Allah and the Last
Day, and regard what they spend as a means of bringing them close to
Allah and to the prayers of the Apostle. Indeed, closer they shall be
brought; Allah will admit them to His mercy. He is Forgiving,
Merciful.
1
As for those who led the way, the first of the
muhajirs
and the
2
ansar
, and those who nobly followed them, Allah is pleased with
them and they with Him. He has prepared for them gardens watered
by running streams, where they shall dwell for ever. That is the
supreme triumph.
Some of the desert Arabs around you are hypocrites, and so are some
of the people of Madinah who are obstinate in hypocrisy. You do not
know them, but We do. Twice We will chastise them: then they shall
incur a grievous torment.
Others there are who have confessed their sins; their good works had
been intermixed with evil. PerchanceAllah will turn to them in mercy.
He is Forgiving, Merciful. Take alms from their wealth, so that they
may thereby be clenased and purified, and pray for them: for your
prayers will give themcomfort.Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
9:98
9:100
1. Muhammad's early followers who emigrated with him to Madinah.
2. Muhamrnad's supporters in Madinah.
9:101
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REPENTANCE
THE QURAN