003:093

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                003:093

لَنۡ تَنَالُوا الۡبِرَّ حَتّٰى تُنۡفِقُوۡا مِمَّا تُحِبُّوۡنَ  ؕ  وَمَا تُنۡفِقُوۡا مِنۡ شَىۡءٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِهٖ عَلِيۡمٌ‏

Lunn-ta-naa-lool-bir-ra-hut-taa                                                                                                     Toon-fay-qoo-mim-maa-to-hib-boo-n                                                                                          Wa-maa-toon-fay-qoo-min-shai-in                                                                                                   Fa-in-nul-laa-ha-bay-he-alee-m

You won’t reach the real virtue until                                                                                  You spend out of what you love.                                                                                             And whatever of anything at all you spend                                                                        Then certainly Allah knows it well

• لَنۡ — Lunn — Won’t (= Absolute denial; no; not; not at all; total negation)
• تَنَالُوا — Ta-naa-loo..(ol) — You reach (= Achieve; attain; get to; obtain; receive; succeed with)
• الۡبِرَّ — Ol-bir-ra — The virtue (=All acts done in order to please the Almighty God. Doing good deeds; good character; noble actions; piety; righteousness; virtuous conduct in all acts of obedience. A/t/a, the reward from God for good deeds — the Paradise)
• حَتّٰى — Hut-ta — Until (= By the end of the period or term; till the time; unless)
• تُنۡفِقُوۡا — Toon-fay-qoo — You spend  *  (= v., pres., In the causes of Allah expend, incur the expense, or invest in. Give in charity. Pay in alms)
• مِمَّا — Mim-maa — Out of what (= Combination of two words.  The first is  مِنۡ (min) that means ‘among, from or out of the class, category, kind count or several persons or things.’  The second is مَاۤ (maa) that means ‘all that, what, whatever, any time, when whenever.’  So the combination means ‘for what; out of what; concerning, regarding, relative to; thereby)
• تُحِبُّوۡنَ — To-hib-boo-na — You love (= v., pres., 2^nd person., Adore; appreciate; aspire; cherish; covet; crave; deeply desire; enamored with; feel very much attached; find irresistibly captivating, lucrative or luring; fond of; having fun with; like; seeking the attention of; want; wish for)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• مَاۤ — Maa — Whatever (= 1. All that; what; whatever; whatsoever. 2. Absolutely not; never; no; not all; won’t. Any of the two meanings of the word are suitable as both accurately represent the original context. The scope of the message is widened considerably as either translation is good)
• تُنۡفِقُوۡا — Toon-fay-qoo — You spend  *  (= Expend; incur the expense of; invest. See تُنۡفِقُوۡا above)
• مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class, category, count, kind or several articles, things, persons or phenomenon)
• شَىۡءٍ — Shai-in — Anything (=Anything however little or insignificant. Smallest part of an article, item, object, material, thing, matter, type, phenomenon or stuff. To the least extent. Also, Some, something or somewhat of)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= As a result; consequently; hence; so; thereafter; therefore)
• اِنَّ —  In-na…(ul) — Most certainly (= Absolutely; decidedly; definitely; doubtlessly; really; earnestly; indeed; positively; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
• اللّٰهَ — Laa-ha — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
• بِ — Bay — With (= Literally the word  بِ  means ‘with’)
• هٖ — He — It (= pro., s., m., 3^rd person. Refers to the whatever is spent in the cause of the Almighty God to please Him)
• عَلِيۡمٌ‏ –Alee-m — All-Knowing (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most, and highlights that none more than Him knows or is knowing. Informed to the maximum. Has total and perfect knowledge. Has nothing out of sight. Knows all. Nothing whatever is beyond or out of His knowing. Well-Acquainted. Well-Aware. Most Knowledgeable)

* Note 003:093.  All worships are due only to the Almighty God and are a matter between Him and His creature man. Indeed all worships inherently must be practiced without any pressure, freely, willingly, voluntarily. But many translations singled out the worship of spending in Allah’s cause as a thing to be imposed. Certain acts can be state-enforced temporal obligations disobeying  which could entail punishments. Paying tax or facing consequences as a violator may be justified  but that really is no act of worship. Clergy-imposed levy and mafia-style forcible extractions have  little semblance with a real worship. Coercive collections with the force of law is hardly what this verse mandated as the righteousness. The two are separated by a lighted big wide highway and not just with a thin red-line of difference.

Acts of worships contemplated by the types of this verse are best left in the hands of God who knows everything and must not handed over to the blind justice under the State laws or total blindness under the Mullah rules.