with giving as little tax as possible. Well giving zakat to Allah, giving
ṣadaqah
to Allah, giving dedication or devotion to Allah, even giving time to Allah is
something you just have to do, so that you can live the rest of your life for
yourself. That is the sick mentality that these people had and that is what Allah
comments on when He says they give to Allah what they don’t like for
themselves.
They assign to Allah what they dislike for themselves and their
tongues utter a sheer lie in stating that a happy state awaits them.
Without doubt the Fire awaits them and it is to it that they shall be
hastened.
(Al-Nahl 16: 62)
They’ll give Allah the minimum amount of time, they’ll give Allah the least,
the worst of their dedications or their charities etc. ‘And their tongues are very
eloquent at coming up with lies.’ Allah could have just said:
yaqūlūn al-kadhib
—‘they tell lies’; but He says
taṣif alsinatuhum al-kadhib
.
Al-waṣf
in Arabic is
the ability to describe something and not everybody is good at describing things.
So Allah is talking about people that are eloquent. Then He uses the word
alsinah
; and
alsinah
(lit. ‘tongues’) you’ll find in the Qur’an is used for people
who are very good with their words. So they have these flowery, elaborate
explanations of lies that they beautify for themselves and the people around
them.
Now what is that lie—
anna lahum al-ḥusnā
—that they will have the
absolute best. That somehow, whatever little they’ve given to Allah is such a big
deal that, they should expect from Allah the best of the best of the best. This is
their lie.
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