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Sura 57
Aya 24
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الَّذينَ يَبخَلونَ وَيَأمُرونَ النّاسَ بِالبُخلِ ۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الغَنِيُّ الحَميدُ

Muhammad Asad

those who are niggardly [with God's bounty] and bid others to be niggardly!1 And he who turns his back [on this truth2 ought to know that], verily, God alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due!
  • Cf. last sentence of 4:36 and the whole of verse 37.
  • I.e., does not want to admit that whatever has happened must have been willed by God.