About the Surah
Surah Title : المنافقون
English Title : Al-Munafiqun
Order in Al-Mushaf : 63
Number of Verses : 11
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 554 To Page 555
Al-Munafiqun
هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُواْ عَلَىٰ مَنۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّواْۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ
7Those are the ones who say: “Don’t spend on those who are with Allah’s messenger [Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)], until they break up from him.” (This reflects their ignorance, since) the treasures of the heavens and the earth belong to Allah, but the hypocrites don’t comprehend.
7The reason for descending the verse
Zaid bin Al-Arqam (r.a) said, “We set out on a journey along with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and we faced many hardships. 'Abdullah bin Ubaiy (the chief of the hypocrites at Madinah) said to his friends,‘Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they desert him’. He also said,‘If we return to Madinah, the more honourable (meaning himself, i.e. Abdullah bin Ubaiy) will drive out therefrom the meaner (meaning Messenger of Allah)’. I went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and informed him about that and he sent someone to 'Abdullah bin Ubaiy. He asked him whether he had said that or not. Abdullah took an oath that he had not done anything of that sort and said that it was Zaid who carried a false tale to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).” Zaid said,“I was so much perturbed because of this until this verse was revealed verifying my statement.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
