it is you who are asked to spend for the cause of god but some of you behave in a niggardly way. whoever behaves miserly does so against his own soul. god is selfsufficient and you are poor. if you were to turn away from him he would just replace you with another people who will not be like you.
ها أنتم هؤلاء تدعون لتنفقوا في سبيل الله فمنكم من يبخل ومن يبخل فإنما يبخل عن نفسه والله الغني وأنتم الفقراء وإن تتولوا يستبدل قوما غيركم ثم لا يكونوا أمثالكم