Tafsir for verse: 64:16
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ وَٱسۡمَعُواْ وَأَطِيعُواْ وَأَنفِقُواْ خَيۡرٗا لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٦ ﴿16﴾
16So, observe taqwā (total obedience to Allah in awe of Him) as far as you can, and listen and obey, and spend (in Allah’s way), it being good for you. And those who are saved from the greed of their hearts are the successful.
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Commentary
Do what you can with your effort and ability. That is: exert yourselves as much as you are able. And listen to what you are advised with and obey in what you are commanded and prohibited from. And spend in the ways that you are obligated to spend in. It is better for yourselves. The term 'better for yourselves' is understood as: bring good for your own selves, and do what is better and more beneficial for them. This is an emphasis on urging compliance with these commands and a clarification that these matters are better for your souls than wealth, children, and what you are devoted to from the love of desires and the adornments of this world.
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