Tafseer of The Night · Al-Lail · 92:18
[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself
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His statement: الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى ("who gives his wealth to purify himself") means: the one who, in this worldly life, spends his wealth on the rights of Allah which He has imposed upon him. يَتَزَكَّى ("he purifies himself") means: he purifies himself, through the giving thereof, of his sins.
