Spend your best things and God will
reward you
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 266 & 267 of 286, Section
– 36 & 37 of 40 (Part - 3)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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266. Would any of you
like to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, with rivers flowing underneath
it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein; and old age hath sticken him and
he hath feeble offspring; and a fiery whirlwind stiketh it and it is (all) consumed by fire.
Thus Allah maketh His Revelations clear unto you, in order that ye may give
thought.
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266. ‘A-yawaddu
‘a-hadukum ‘an- takuuna lahuu
jannatum-min-nakhiilinw-wa ‘a’-naabin-tajrii min- tahtihal-
‘anhaaru, lahuu fiihaa min- kullis-sama-raati,
wa ‘asaabahul-kibaru wa lahuu zurriy-yatun- zu-
‘afaaa- ‘u fa- ‘asaabahaaa ‘i’-saarun- fiihi
naarun- fahtaraqat. Kazaalika yubayyi-nUllaahu
lakumul- ‘aa-yaati la- ‘allakum tata-fakka-ruun.
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Lesson
Likeness of those
people has been described in this verse who spend their wealth as alms-giving either
only to show the people, or after giving the alms they show kindness on those
persons and annoy them physically or spiritually.
The likeness of the
consumers is, as his total earning of his life, which is only a garden, which
is verdant, green and full of fruit. That garden is loaded with each type of
fruit. He, the owner of the garden reaches old age and cannot do work himself.
His children are still offspring, who instead of sharing their father’s
troubles and pains, are burden for him. At the nick of time, when the father is
very old and the children are dependents, suddenly he knows that the garden has
caught fire; everything has been burnt and reduced to ashes. What will be guess
at that time about grief and affliction of the owner of the garden?
More than it, bad
condition will be of that un-lucky person, whose eyes remained closed during
his entire life due to negligence and carelessness, and opened first of all at
that time when the respite of acts had entirely ended. As though, the goodness
has caught fire due to his in-sincerity and his reward is ruined by chance, as
this garden caught fire and his owner afflicted. Allah Almighty mentions all
these likenesses, so that we meditate in to them and taking it as warning, do
not destroy entire deeds at the end, which we have performed.
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267. O ye who believe!
Spend of the good things which ye have earned, and of that which We bring forth from the earth for
you, and seek not the bad (with intent) to spend thereof (in charity) when ye
would not take it for yourselves save with disdain. And know that Allah is
Absolute, Owner of Praise.
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267. Yaaa-
‘ayyu-hallaziina ‘aa-manuuu ‘anfiquu min- tayyibaati
maa kasabtum wa mimmaaa ‘akhrajnaa lakum-minal-
‘arz. Wa laa ta-yamma-mul-khabiisa minhu
tunfiquuna wa lastum- bi- ‘aakhiziihi ‘illaaa
‘an tug-mizuu fiih. Wa’-la-muuu ‘annAllaaha
Ganiy-yun Hamiid.
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Lesson
‘Al-khabiisu – (bad thing), it
aims ‘rejected, inferior and useless thing)
Different commands
have been delivered regarding spending in the Way of God Almighty. It has been described
in the previous verses that whenever you spend for the Cause of Allah Almighty;
it should be avoided from showing and dissembling. Moreover, personal intent
should not be to molest the people and to cause to boast one’s bigness. To whom
the charity is given, he should neither be placed under an obligation, nor injured
and nor you should despair him. Rather the wealth should be spent only with
good intent and purity of heart for the Pleasure of God Almighty. There should
not be any other purpose except the Will of God Almighty.
It has been explained
in this verse that agreeable and of superior quality; things out of one’s
lawful and pure earnings should be given in the Path of Allah Almighty. That is
to say; the remainder, stale, bad smelling, spoiled or rotten things should not
be given to the poor, needy and miserable people. It is fact that if someone
gives you any time these types of things, you will never accept them, you will
turn up your nose, knit the eyebrows, and declare abomination from it, save it
is another matter that you will keep quiet due to any particular reason and
overlook from it. Therefore, the bad things should never be given for the sake
of God Almighty.
It is necessary that
the best of all wealth and the best of all things, which you love most, should
be spent fondly in the Way of Allah Almighty. You will get more reward doing
so. God Almighty is very Absolute from our alms and charity.
He does not need these things absolutely. Nevertheless, with how much pleasure
we shall spend, He will give us so more.
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