Tafsir for verse: 4:39
وَمَاذَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَوۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمۡ عَلِيمًا ٣٩ ﴿39
39What harm was there for them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent out of what Allah had given them. Allah knows all about them.
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Commentary

And when the estimation was: "So the devil was his companion; for his disbelief; by his admiration; and his arrogance"; he added to it his saying: ﴿And whoever has the devil﴾ [An-Nisa: 38]; meaning: and he is his enemy; far from all good; burning with every harm; ﴿For him is a companion﴾ [An-Nisa: 38]; for indeed, he carries him to every evil; and distances him from all good; and to that he referred with his saying: ﴿What an evil companion﴾ [An-Nisa: 38].

And when the estimation was: "So what do they have in disbelief; and spending in show for one who has no harm (p-281) or benefit in his hand?"; he added to it his saying - to reprimand them; and to deny them -: ﴿And what is upon them﴾; meaning: of insignificant matters; and significant ones; ﴿If they had believed in Allah﴾; meaning: the One who has all perfection; and in His hand is everything; ﴿and the Last Day﴾; which carries every righteousness; ﴿and spent﴾; and when he described them as spending all their wealth for the insignificant enemy; he pointed to their stinginess regarding what is for Allah, the Most High, the Most Great; with something small by which they would attain much good; so he said: ﴿From what Allah has provided them﴾; the One who has absolute wealth; and magnificent generosity; and when the estimation was: "Indeed, Allah was upon them - when they squandered their wealth - capable"; he added to it his saying: ﴿And Allah﴾; meaning: the One encompassing the attributes of perfection; ﴿is Knowing of them﴾; meaning: in both situations; ﴿Knowing﴾; meaning: possessing profound knowledge; and to inform of the greatness of His knowledge of them, he preceded the beneficial preposition for specification; in other than this context.

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