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اَلْبَقَرَة

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یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اَنْفِقُوْا مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَ یَوْمٌ لَّا بَیْعٌ فِیْهِ وَ لَا خُلَّةٌ وَّ لَا شَفَاعَةٌؕ-وَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ(254)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

O you who believe! Spend ˹in the way of Allah,˺ from the sustenance that We provided you, before the arrival of that Day in which there will be no trade and neither friendship nor intercession for disbelievers; and the disbelievers,[1] they are the oppressors.[2]

Commentary

[1]

On the Day of Reckoning, only the wealth spent on good deeds will be beneficial and similarly, only pious friends will benefit a person. Intercession is exclusive to the Muslims with the permission of Allah Almighty.

[2]

ظلم’ (injustice or oppression) literally means “to put something in its wrongful place.” Disbelievers adopting disbelief instead of faith, sin instead of obedience, and ungratefulness instead of gratitude are injustices. Since the worst type of injustice is described in this verse, the disbelievers are branded oppressors.