Today's verse

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم

ﺳﻮﺭﺓ َ ﺍﻟﺘﻜﺎﺛﺮ

Suratul At-Takathur

[The Piling Up]

Verse 4

Arabic:

ﺛُﻢَّ ﻛَﻠَّﺎ ﺳَﻮْﻑَ ﺗَﻌْﻠَﻤُﻮﻥ

Transliteration:

Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamuun

Meaning:

3. Nay Again! You shall come to know!

Tafsir [Continuation]

Dahhak, seeing a dirham (a silver coin) with a man asked him, "Whose is this?" He said, "It is mine." Then Dahhak said, "It will be yours if you spend it in the way of Allah or give it in charity as a token of gratitude." Ahnaf, after narrating the story recited the couplet:

"You are for money as long as you keep it with you; when you spend it, it becomes yours."

Ibn Buraidah said that the Ansar tribes of Banu Harithah and Banu Harith began competing with each other about their brave men. In this competition, each tribe boasted about its brave and wealthy members. When they ran out of names, they went to the graveyard and continued boasting, pointing to the graves of their heroes. This led to the revelation of verses 1&2. Through these verses Allah reproaches them for their mutual rivalry which took them as far as the graveyard, arguing with each other about their heroes. They should rather have taken a lesson for themselves, remembering that death awaits us all.

[To be Continued]