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وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَبْخَلُوْنَ بِمَآ اٰتٰىهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۗ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَّهُمْ ۗ سَيُطَوَّقُوْنَ مَا بَخِلُوْا بِهٖ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۗ وَلِلّٰهِ مِيْرَاثُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرٌ ࣖ   ( آل عمران: ١٨٠ )

walā
وَلَا
And (let) not
yaḥsabanna
يَحْسَبَنَّ
think
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
yabkhalūna
يَبْخَلُونَ
withhold
bimā
بِمَآ
of what
ātāhumu
ءَاتَىٰهُمُ
(has) given them
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
min
مِن
of
faḍlihi
فَضْلِهِۦ
His Bounty
huwa
هُوَ
(that) it
khayran
خَيْرًا
(is) good
lahum
لَّهُمۖ
for them
bal
بَلْ
Nay
huwa
هُوَ
it
sharrun
شَرٌّ
(is) bad
lahum
لَّهُمْۖ
for them
sayuṭawwaqūna
سَيُطَوَّقُونَ
Their necks will be encircled
مَا
(with) what
bakhilū
بَخِلُوا۟
they withheld
bihi
بِهِۦ
[with it]
yawma
يَوْمَ
(on the) Day
l-qiyāmati
ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِۗ
(of) [the] Resurrection
walillahi
وَلِلَّهِ
And for Allah
mīrāthu
مِيرَٰثُ
(is the) heritage
l-samāwāti
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
(of) the heavens
wal-arḍi
وَٱلْأَرْضِۗ
and the earth
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
bimā
بِمَا
with what
taʿmalūna
تَعْمَلُونَ
you do
khabīrun
خَبِيرٌ
(is) All-Aware

Wa laa yahsabannal lazeena yabkhaloon bimaa aataahumul lahu min fadilhee huwa khairal lahum bal huwa sharrul lahum sayutaw waqoona maa bakhiloo bihee Yawmal Qiyaamah; wa lillaahi meeraasus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Khabeer (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:180)

Sahih International:

And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allah has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, of what you do, is [fully] Aware. (Ali 'Imran [3] : 180)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Those who withhold in miserliness what Allah has given them out of His grace should not take it as good for them. Instead, it is bad for them. They shall be forced, on the Doomsday, to put on what they withheld, as iron-collars round their necks. To Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. Allah is All-Aware of what you do.