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And of the Bedouins there is he who takes what he expends, in the way of Allahu ta’ālā, as a penalty, as a liability and a [financial] loss, because he does not aspire to be rewarded for it, but expends it out of fear: these were Banū Asad and [Banū] Ghatafān; and awaits for you [evil] turns of fortune, the fortunes of time, for you, that these should turn against you, and so be rid [of you]. Theirs shall be the evil (read as al-sū', or al-saw') turn of fortune, that is, chastisement and destruction shall turn on them, not on you. And Allahu ta’ālā is Hearer, of the sayings of His servants, Knower, of their actions.