47:38
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Dynamic translation
(47:38) Here you are being invited to spend in the cause of Allah, but some among you turn stingy. Whoever is stingy is only being stingy on himself. Allah is the Rich, while you are the poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with another people, then they will not be like you.
Arabic text
(47:38) هَاأَنتُمْ هَؤُلَاء تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبْخَلُ وَمَن يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَاللَّهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَأَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاء وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُمْ
Connected ideas
(4:133) O you people, if He wills, He could make all of you cease to exist; then He would bring others in your place. Allah is most able to do this.
(6:38) There is not a creature in the earth, or a bird that flies with its wings, but are nations like you. We did not leave anything out of the book; then to their Lord they will be summoned.
(9:39) If you do not march forth, then He will punish you with a painful retribution, and He will replace you with another people, and you do not bother Him in the least. Allah is capable of all things.
(14:19) Did you not see that Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He wished, He would do away with you and bring a new creation.
(70:40-41) So I swear by the Lord of the east and the west that We are able. To replace them with better people, We can never be defeated.
