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And of the Bedouins there is he who believes in Allahu ta’ālā and al-yawm al-ākher (the Last Day), such as [men from among the tribes of] Juhayna and Muzayna, and takes what he expends, in the way of Allahu ta’ālā, as [pious] offerings to bring [him] nearer to Allahu ta’ālā, and, as a means, to [secure] the prayers, the supplications, of the Messenger (rasūl), for him. Surely these, the expenditure of such [men], will bring them nearer (read qurubatun or qurbatun), to Him. Allahu ta’ālā will admit them into His mercy, His Paradise. Truly Allahu ta’ālā is Forgiving, to those who obey Him, Merciful, to them.