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the inheritor of the heavens and the earth and morning they called out to one another, ‘Leave
Allah is aware of what you do. (3:180) early for your land if you want to pick the fruit.’ So
As for those who are tight-fisted and direct others they set off, quietly saying to one another, ‘Do not
to be tight-fisted, and hide the bounty Allah has let any poor man into it today while you are there.’
given them, We have prepared a humiliating They left early, intent on carrying out their
punishment for those who disbelieve. (4:37) scheme. But when they saw it, they said, ‘We must
You who believe! Many of the rabbis and monks have lost our way. No, the truth is we are desti-
devour people’s property under false pretences tute!’ The best of them said, ‘Did I not say to
and bar people from access to the Way of Allah. you,"Why do you not glorify Allah?"’ They said,
As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do ‘Glory be to our Lord! Truly we have been wrong-
not spend it in the Way of Allah, give them the doers.’ They turned to face each other in mutual
news of a painful punishment on the Day it is accusation. They said, ‘Woe to us! We were in-
heated up in the fire of Hell and their foreheads, deed inordinate. Maybe our Lord will give us
sides and backs are branded with it: ‘This is what something better than it in exchange. We entreat
you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you our Lord.’ Such is the punishment. And the pun-
were hoarding!’ (9:34-35) ishment of the hereafter is much greater if they
But when He does give them of His bounty they only knew. (68:17-33)
are tight-fisted with it and turn away. (9:76) He used not to believe in Allah the Magnificent,
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck but nor did he urge the feeding of the poor. (69:33-34)
do not extend it either to its full extent so that you No indeed! You do not honour orphans nor do
sit there blamed and destitute. (17:29) you urge the feeding of the poor. (89:17-18)
Say: ‘Even if you possessed the vast storehouses of But no! It is a Raging Blaze stripping away the
my Lord’s mercy, you would still hold back, fear- limbs and scalp, which calls for all who drew
ing they would run out.’ (17:100) back and turned away, and amassed and hoarded
(Believers are) those who, when they spend, are up. (70:15-18)
neither extravagant nor mean, but take a stance Nor is he miserly with the Unseen. (81:24)
mid way between the two. (25:67) But as for him who is stingy and self-satisfied, and
If He did ask you for it and put you under pressure, denies the Good, We will pave his way to
you would be tight-fisted and it would bring out Difficulty. His wealth will not help him when he
your malevolence. (47:37) plummets to the depths. (92:8-11)
Here you are then: people who are called upon to Have you seen him who denies the religion? He is
spend in the Way of Allah and then some of you the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and does
are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted is only not urge the feeding of the poor. (107:1-3)
tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you are
poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with a TIME BEFORE DAWN
people other than yourselves and they will not be The steadfast, the truthful, the obedient, the
like you. (47:38) givers, and those who seek forgiveness before
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted dawn. (3:17)
and tell others to be tight-fisted. If anyone turns The part of the night they spent asleep was small
away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the and they would seek forgiveness before the
Praiseworthy. (57:24) dawn. (51:17-18)
We have tried them as We tried the owners of the We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against
garden when they swore that they would harvest all of them, except the family of Lut, who We res-
in the morning but did not say the redeeming cued before dawn. (54:34)
words, ‘If Allah wills’. So a visitation from your
Lord came upon it while they slept and in the TIREDNESS
morning it was like burnt land stripped bare. In the They will not be affected by any tiredness there
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