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(Nuh said to his people,) ‘He will forgive you power over even the smallest speck. (35:13)
your wrong actions and defer you until a speci-
fied time. When Allah’s time comes it cannot be SPENDING IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
deferred, if you only knew.’ (71:4) (Those who guard against evil are) those who be-
lieve in the Unseen and perform prayer and
SPECK spend from what We have provided for them.
Allah does not wrong anyone by so much as the (2:3)
smallest speck. And if there is a good deed Allah Spend in the Way of Allah. Do not cast your-
will multiply it and pay out an immense reward selves into destruction. And do good: Allah loves
direct from Him. (4:40) good-doers. (2:195)
Do you not see those who claim to be purified? They will ask you what they should give away.
No, Allah purifies whoever He wills. They will Say, ‘Any wealth you give away should go to
not be wronged by so much as the smallest your parents and relatives and to orphans and the
speck. (4:49) very poor and travellers.’ Whatever good you do,
Do you not see those who were told: ‘Hold back Allah knows it. (2:215)
from fighting but perform prayer and give the They will ask you about alcoholic drinks and
alms’? Then when fighting is prescribed for them, gambling. Say, ‘There is great wrong in both of
a group of them fear people as Allah should be them and also certain benefits for mankind. But
feared, or even more than that. They say, ‘Our the wrong in them is greater than the benefit.’
Lord, why have you prescribed fighting for us? If They will ask you what they should give away.
only You would give us just a little more time!’ Say, ‘Whatever is surplus to your needs.’ In this
Say, ‘The enjoyment of this world is very brief. way Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that
The hereafter is better for those who guard hopefully you will reflect. (2:219)
against evil. You will not be wronged by so much You who believe! Give away some of what We
as the smallest speck.’ (4:77) have provided for you before a Day arrives on
Anyone, male or female, who does right actions which there is no trading, no close friendship
and is a believer, will enter the Garden. They will and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are
not be wronged by so much as the tiniest speck. the wrongdoers. (2:254)
(4:124) The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in
You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Way of Allah is that of a grain which pro-
the Qur’an or do any action without Our wit- duces seven ears; in every ear there are a hun-
nessing you while you are occupied with it. Not dred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase
even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing,
on earth or in heaven. Nor is there anything All-Knowing. (2:261)
smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Those who spend their wealth in the Way of
Clear Book. (10:61) Allah, and then do not follow what they have
On the Day We summon every people with their spent by demands for gratitude or insulting
records, those who are given their Book in their words will have their reward with their Lord.
right hand will read their Book and they will not They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.
be wronged by even the smallest speck. (17:71) (2:262)
We will advance on the actions they have done You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by
and make them scattered specks of dust. (25:23) demands for gratitude or insulting words, like
He makes night merge into day and day merge him who spends his wealth, showing off to peo-
into night, and He has made the sun and moon ple and not believing in Allah and the Last Day.
subservient, each one running until a specified His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with
time. That is Allah, your Lord. The Kingdom is soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left
His. Those you call on besides Him have no stripped bare. They have no power over anything
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