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Anfal: 17) God reveals that everything we do is an act that belongs to Him.
In other verses, God instructs the prophet to take charity from believers,
but in the continuation of the verse, He explains that it is really He Who takes
charity:

Take charity from their wealth to purify and cleanse them and pray for
them. Your prayers bring relief to them. God is All-Hearing, All-
Knowing. Do they not know that it is God Who receives repentance

from His servants and accepts such acts of charity, and that God is the
Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful? (Surat at-Tawba: 103-104)

All the acts performed by a human being belong to
God. For example, a child's being able to read, a
project realized by an architect, a scientist's discovery,
a meal cooked in the kitchen, an artist's work... It is
God Who has created all of these things and brings
them to be.

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