ترجمهٔ معانی آیه 98 سوره سوره توبه - ترجمهٔ انگلیسی ـ دکتر ولید بلیهش العمری - دایرة المعارف قرآن کریم

آیه: 98

وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغۡرَمٗا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَۚ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ

(98) ^[2209]Among the herds people are those who take what they spend to be a liability^[2210] and lie in wait for turns of fortune against you ˹Believers˺; may the unfortunate turn be against them! Allah is indeed All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

[2209] This aya and the next compare and contrast two types of the nomad Arabs: the ones who are dispossessed of Faith and the ones who are devoutly faithful. This brings to the fore how Faith can change people’s characters for the better and nurture their spirits no matter how rough their natures are.
[2210] Considering their financial contribution to society as an encumbrance (maghram) and spending grudgingly, not in the hope that God would reward them for it (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr).