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سَيَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلأَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَآ أَمْوَالُنَا وَأَهْلُونَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ مَّا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْئاً إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرّاً أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعاً بَلْ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيراً
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-Al-Fath ( الفتح )

Tafsir al-Tustari

…‘Our possessions and our families kept us occupied…’ They tried to excuse themselves with this, and God related it to you so you would know that the way to approach God (iqbāl ʿalā’Llāh) is through leaving behind the world and what it contains, for certainly that is what distracts [you] from God. Take note of how the hypocrites excused themselves by saying: ‘Our possessions and our families kept us occupied…’His words:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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