And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to
remain], and they who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat [at home].
There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.
There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find
anything to spend any discomfort when they are sincere to Allah and His
Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause [for blame]. And
Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Nor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you that you might
give them mounts, you said, "I can find nothing for you to ride upon."
They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that
they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allah ].
The cause [for blame] is only upon those who ask permission of you while
they are rich. They are satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and
Allah has sealed over their hearts, so they do not know.
They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make
no excuse - never will we believe you. Allah has already informed us of
your news. And Allah will observe your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger;
then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed,
and He will inform you of what you used to do."
They will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would
leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their
refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you
should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allah is not satisfied with a
defiantly disobedient people.
The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not
to know the limits of what [laws] Allah has revealed to His Messenger. And
Allah is Knowing and Wise.
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and
await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil.
And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allah and the Last Day and
consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allah and of [obtaining]
invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness
for them. Allah will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving
and Merciful.
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