SURAH AL-BAQARAH: 261-264 - Part 1

مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٲلَهُمۡ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتۡ سَبۡعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ۬ مِّاْئَةُ حَبَّةٍ۬‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٲسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ (٢٦١) ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٲلَهُمۡ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتۡبِعُونَ مَآ أَنفَقُواْ مَنًّ۬ا وَلَآ أَذً۬ى‌ۙ لَّهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ (٢٦٢) ۞ قَوۡلٌ۬ مَّعۡرُوفٌ۬ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَيۡرٌ۬ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ۬ يَتۡبَعُهَآ أَذً۬ى‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيمٌ۬ (٢٦٣) يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُبۡطِلُواْ صَدَقَـٰتِكُم بِٱلۡمَنِّ وَٱلۡأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ ۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأَخِرِ‌ۖ...(٢٦٤)

"THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO SPEND IN THE WAY OF ALLAH IS JUST LIKE A GRAIN THAT PRODUCED SEVEN EARS, IN EACH EAR A HUNDRED GRAINS. AND ALLAH MULTIPLIES FOR WHOM HE WILLS. AND ALLAH IS ALL-EMBRACING, ALL-KNOWING.

THOSE WHO SPEND THEIR WEALTH IN THE WAY OF ALLAH, THEN DO NOT SUPPLEMENT THEIR SPENDING WITH BOASTING, NOR WITH TEASING, THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD WITH THEIR LORD AND THERE IS NO FEAR FOR THEM, NOR SHALL THEY GRIEVE.

SAYING SOMETHING PROPER AND FORGIVING IS BETTER THAN A CHARITY FOLLOWED BY TEASING. AND ALLAH IS ALL-INDEPENDENT, FORBEARING. 

O THOSE WHO BELIEVE, DO NOT NULLIFY YOUR CHARITIES BY BOASTING ABOUT FAVOUR, AND TEASING, LIKE THE ONE WHO SPENDS HIS WEALTH TO SHOW OFF BEFORE PEOPLE, AND DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND IN THE LAST DAY.

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From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE