Sunday 2 April 2017

Part 1 - "WHO IS THE ONE WHO WOULD GIVE ALLAH A GOOD LOAN SO THAT ALLAH MULTIPLIES IT FOR HIM MANY TIMES? AND ALLAH WITHHOLDS AND EXTENDS, AND TO HIM YOU ARE TO BE RETURNED." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH: 245)

In this verse the word 'loan' refers to good deeds and to the act of spending in the way of Allah. This has been referred metaphorically as Qard (loan), otherwise everything in this world already belongs to Allah, who can give loan to Allah? What it means is that just like a loan is meant to be returned, similarly whatever one spends in the way of Allah will surely be returned. The word 'multiplies' has been elaborated upon in a Hadith which declares that if a date is spent in the way of Allah, then Allah Ta'alah increases its reward so much that it outgrows the mountain of Uhud.

From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE

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