قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ
<div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ</div><p>(Say), O Muhammad to them, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ</div><p>(Do you wait for us), anything, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِلاَ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ</div><p>(except one of the two best things), martyrdom or victory over you, according to the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, and others. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ</div><p>(while we await for you), that this will touch you, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا</div><p>(either that Allah will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands), either capture or killing, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ</div><p>(So wait, we too are waiting with you.) Allah said next, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ أَنفِقُواْ طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً</div><p>(Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly), for whatever you spend either way, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ</div><p>(it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are rebellious.) Allah mentions the reason behind not accepting their charity from them, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ</div><p>(except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger. ) and the deeds are accepted if they are preceded with faith, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى</div><p>(and that they came not to the Salah except in a lazy state.) Therefore, they neither have good intention nor eagerness to perform the acts of faith, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَـتُهُمْ إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلاَ يُنفِقُونَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كَـرِهُونَ </div><p>(And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and that they came not to the Salah (the prayer) except in a lazy state, and that they offer not contributions but unwillingly.) The Truthful, to whom the Truth was revealed, Muhammad, peace be upon him, said that Allah does not stop giving rewards until you (believers) stop performing good deeds, and that Allah is Tayyib Good and Pure and only accepts what is Tayyib. This is why Allah does not accept charity or good deeds from the people described in these Ayat, because He only accepts it from those who have Taqwa. </p>
قُلْ(Say), O Muhammad to them, هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ(Do you wait for us), anything, إِلاَ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ(except one of the two best things), martyrdom or victory over you, according to the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, and others. وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ(while we await for you), that this will touch you, أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا(either that Allah will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands), either capture or killing, فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ(So wait, we too are waiting with you.) Allah said next, قُلْ أَنفِقُواْ طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً(Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly), for whatever you spend either way, لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ(it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are rebellious.) Allah mentions the reason behind not accepting their charity from them, إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ(except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger. ) and the deeds are accepted if they are preceded with faith, وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى(and that they came not to the Salah except in a lazy state.) Therefore, they neither have good intention nor eagerness to perform the acts of faith, وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَـتُهُمْ إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلاَ يُنفِقُونَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كَـرِهُونَ (And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and that they came not to the Salah (the prayer) except in a lazy state, and that they offer not contributions but unwillingly.) The Truthful, to whom the Truth was revealed, Muhammad, peace be upon him, said that Allah does not stop giving rewards until you (believers) stop performing good deeds, and that Allah is Tayyib Good and Pure and only accepts what is Tayyib. This is why Allah does not accept charity or good deeds from the people described in these Ayat, because He only accepts it from those who have Taqwa. 