Surat At-Taubah Verse No. 98: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 98 from Surah At-Taubah : Number of verses 129 - - page 202 - Part 11.
﴾وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغۡرَمٗا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَۚ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ﴿
[ التوبة: 98]
And of the bedouins there are some who look upon what they spend (in Allah's Cause) as a fine and watch for calamities for you, on them be the calamity of evil. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
English - Sahih International
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(9:98) There are such among the Bedouins, who regard what they expend in the Way as a penalty *96 and await some change of fortune to turn against you (so that they should be able to overthrow the government you have imposed on them,whereas they themselves have been encircled by a vicious circle; and Allah hears everything and knows everything.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*96) This means that they regarded the payment of Zakat dues as a fine and the expenditure on hospitality, an Islamic duty, a penalty. Likewise, if they had to make any contributions towards Jihad, they did so to show that they were loyal to the Islamic State and not because they wanted to please Allah by giving sincere monetary help for His cause.