In the Name of Allah, the Gracious the Merciful
267. Ya ayyuha
allatheena amanoo anfiqoo min tayyibati ma kasabtum
wamimma akhrajna lakum mina al-ardi wala tayammamoo
alkhabeetha minhu tunfiqoona walastum bi-akhitheehi illa
an tughmidoo feehi waiAAlamoo anna Allaha ghaniyyun hameedun
2:267. O you believers! Spend
from the good things you have lawfully earned and from that which We have taken
out for you from the earth503, and seek not for spending, things of
little worth there from, which you yourselves would not accept but scornfully.
Bear in mind that Allah has everything in abundance and is Praiseworthy.504
503. Agricultural products, obviously.
504. It is a general human tendency to give away only
those things in charity which the giver himself would consider to be unworthy
of use. Suppose, for example, I take a superior grade A rice for my personal
use. Then if I intend sending some cooked rice as charity to an orphanage, I
may take rice of an inferior quality. That is what Allah abhors. HE wouldn't
give me any marks for charity on that score. What He expects me to do is use
the same superior grade A rice for sending cooked food as charity to the
orphanage. Allah allays my fears of getting impoverished by my using the
superior quality rice also for charity. He reminds me that it is by His grace
that I can use grade A rice for myself. And if He wants to, He can provide for
the orphans with food, even better than what I use for my own consumption. By
providing me with the means to give charity, He is only testing me as to how I
treat the have-nots. Praise be to Him! HE can keep a simultaneous watch on
everybody and everything in any part of the Universe. HE has knowledge of what
goes on inside the minds and bodies of all living creatures.
Friday, the 10th
of April 2020.
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