Quran-4:39 Surah An-nisa English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَمَاذَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَوۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمۡ عَلِيمًا

Transliteration:( Wa maazaa 'alaihim law aamanoo billaahi wal Yawmil Aakhiri wa anfaqoo mimmaa razaqahumul laah; wa kaanallaahu bihim 'aleemaa )

39. And what (harm) would have come upon them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent [151] out of what Allah has provided for them? And surely, Allah knows them well. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(39) And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allāh and the Last Day and spent out of what Allāh provided for them? And Allāh is ever, about them, Knowing. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah An-Nisa Ayat 39 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

151. From this emerge three issues:
1. From whatever bounty Allah Almighty has bestowed upon you spend a little in charity. For this reason the word "what" is used here.
2. Do not spend everything in charity - spend a portion of it as understood from this verse.
3. Charity must be given from lawfully earned wealth, therefore this wealth is connected with Allah Almighty.

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Nisa verse 39 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nisa ayat 37 which provides the complete commentary from verse 37 through 39.

(4:39) What harm would have befallen them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent on charity what Allah had bestowed upon them as sustenance? For Allah indeed has full knowledge of them.

Ala-Maududi

(4:39) What harm would have befallen them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent on charity what Allah had bestowed upon them as sustenance? For Allah indeed has full knowledge of them.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(39) And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allāh and the Last Day and spent out of what Allāh provided for them? And Allāh is ever, about them, Knowing.

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