Al-Mujadila Verse 13 | 58:13

ءَاَشْفَقْتُمْ اَنْ تُقَدِّمُوْا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوٰىكُمْ صَدَقٰتٍۗ فَاِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوْا وَتَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَطِيْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَرَسُوْلَهٗ ۗوَاللّٰهُ خَبِيْرٌ ۢبِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ࣖ ( المجادلة: ١٣ )

a-ashfaqtum

ءَأَشْفَقْتُمْ

Are you afraid

أَن

tuqaddimū

تُقَدِّمُوا۟

offer

bayna

بَيْنَ

before

yaday

يَدَىْ

before

najwākum

نَجْوَىٰكُمْ

your private consultation

ṣadaqātin

صَدَقَٰتٍۚ

charities?

fa-idh

فَإِذْ

Then when

lam

لَمْ

you do not

tafʿalū

تَفْعَلُوا۟

you do not

watāba

وَتَابَ

and Allah has forgiven

l-lahu

ٱللَّهُ

and Allah has forgiven

ʿalaykum

عَلَيْكُمْ

you

fa-aqīmū

فَأَقِيمُوا۟

then establish

l-ṣalata

ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

the prayer

waātū

وَءَاتُوا۟

and give

l-zakata

ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ

the zakah

wa-aṭīʿū

وَأَطِيعُوا۟

and obey

l-laha

ٱللَّهَ

Allah

warasūlahu

وَرَسُولَهُۥۚ

and His Messenger

wal-lahu

وَٱللَّهُ

And Allah

khabīrun

خَبِيرٌۢ

(is) All-Aware

bimā

بِمَا

of what

taʿmalūna

تَعْمَلُونَ

you do

'A-ashfaqtum an tuqaddimoo baina yadai najwaakum sadaqaat; fa-iz lam taf'aloo wa taabal laahu 'alaikum fa aqeemus Salaata wa aatuz Zakaata wa atee'ul laaha wa rasoolah; wallaahu khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon (al-Mujādilah 58:13)

Sahih International:

Have you feared to present before your consultation charities? Then when you do not and Allah has forgiven you, then [at least] establish prayer and give Zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is Aware of what you do. (Al-Mujadila [58] : 13)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Have you become afraid of offering charities before your consultation? So when you did not do so, and Allah has forgiven you, then establish Salāh, and pay Zakāh, and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is well aware of what you do.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Do you fear (read a-ashfaqtum, either pronouncing both hamzas fully, or by replacing the second one with an alif, or not pronouncing it, but inserting an alif between the one not unpronounced and the other one, or without [this insertion]), poverty [when you fear], to offer [voluntary] alms before your secret talks. So, as you did not do this, giving of voluntary alms, and God relented to you, waiving this [requirement] for you, maintain prayer and pay the alms and obey God and His Messenger, that is to say, observe these [duties] regularly. For God is Aware of what you do.

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ

Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultation?

meaning, are you afraid that the order to give charity before speaking privately to the Prophet remains in effect forever.

فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَإةَ وَاتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

If then you do it not, and Allah has forgiven you, then perform Salah and give Zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

Therefore, Allah abrogated the obligation of giving this charity.

It was said that none has implemented this command before except its abrogation, Ali bin Abi Talib.

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas;
فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً
(spend something in charity before your private consultation).

"The Muslims kept asking Allah's Messenger questions until it became difficult on him. Allah wanted to lighten the burden from His Prophet, upon him be peace. So when He said this, many Muslims were afraid to pay this charity and stopped asking. Afterwards, Allah sent down this Ayah,

أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَأةَ وَاتُوا الزَّكَاة

Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultation If then you do it not, and Allah has forgiven you, then perform Salah and give Zakah,

Thus Allah made things easy and lenient for them."

Ikrimah and Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on Allah's statement;
فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً
(spend something in charity before your private consultation).

"This was abrogated by the next Ayah;

أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ

Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultation...."

Sa`id bin Abi `Arubah reported from Qatadah and Muqatil bin Hayyan,

"People kept questioning Allah's Messenger until they made things difficult for him. Allah provided a way to stop their behavior by this Ayah. One of them would need to speak to Allah's Prophet about a real matter, but could not do so until he gave in charity. This became hard on people and Allah sent down relief from this requirement afterwards,

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But if you find not, then verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful)."

Ma`mar reported from Qatadah that the Ayah,

إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً

(When you (want to) consult the Messenger in private, spend something in charity before your private consultation). was abrogated after being in effect for only one hour of a day.

Abdur-Razzaq recorded that Mujahid said that Ali said,

"No one except me implemented this Ayah, until it was abrogated,"

and he was reported to have said that it remained in effect for merely an hour