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and its predicate follows later. “Those who are miserly and enjoin people to miserliness. Whoever turns away”—that is, turns away from faith—“then indeed Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.” The people of Medina and Syria recited: “then indeed Allah is the Self-Sufficient,” omitting “He”; this is likewise how it appears in their codices.
وَخَبَرُهُ فِيمَا بَعْدَهُ. ﴿وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ﴾ أَيْ: يُعْرِضْ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ ﴿فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ﴾ قَرَأَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالشَّامِ: "فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ الْغَنِيُّ" بِإِسْقَاطِ "هُوَ" وَكَذَلِكَ هُوَ فِي مَصَاحِفِهِمْ.