Page 203 - Learning from the Qur'an

THEY ARE UNAWARE
OF ALLAH'S HELP FOR THE BELIEVERS
They are the people who say, 'Do not spend on those who are with
the Messenger of Allah, so that they may go away.' The treasuries
of the heavens and earth belong to Allah. But the hypocrites do not
understand this. They say, 'If we return to Madina, the mightier
will drive out the inferior.' But all might belongs to Allah and to
His Messenger and the believers. But the hypocrites do not know
this. (Qur'an, 63:7-8)

THEY DO NOT SPEND IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
Among them there were some who made an agreement with Allah:
'If He gives us of His bounty we will definitely give charity and
be among the righteous.' But when He does give them of His
bounty they are tight-fisted with it and turn away, so He has
punished them by putting hypocrisy in their hearts until the day
they meet Him because they failed Allah in what they promised
Him and because they lied. (Qur'an, 9:75-77)

THEY DO NOTHING WITHOUT
RECEIVING ANY BENEFIT IN RETURN
Then He sent down to you, after the distress, security, restful sleep
overtaking a group of you, whereas another group became prey
to anxious thoughts, thinking other than the truth about Allah –
thoughts belonging to the Time of Ignorance – saying, 'Do we have
any say in the affair at all?' Say, 'The affair belongs entirely to Allah.'
They are concealing things inside themselves which they do not
disclose to you, saying, 'If we had only had a say in the affair, none
of us would have been killed here in this place.' Say, 'Even if you
had been inside your homes, those people for whom killing was
decreed would have gone out to their place of death.' So that Allah
might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts.
Allah knows the contents of your hearts. (Qur'an, 3:154)

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