A Treasury of The Qur’an
ALMS-GIVING
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ALMS-GIVING
Believers, spend of that with which We have
provided you, before there comes a day when
there shall be neither trading, nor friendship nor
intercession. Truly it is the unbelievers who are
the wrongdoers.
(2:254)
He who spends his wealth in the way of God is
like a grain of corn that sprouts seven ears, in
every ear a hundred grains. God gives abundance
to whom He wills; God is munificent and all-
knowing. Those who spend their wealth in the
way of God then do not follow up what they
spend with reproach and injury shall be rewarded
by their Lord; they shall have nothing to fear or
regret. A kind word with forgiveness is better
than almsgiving followed by injury, God is self-
sufficient and clement. Believers, do not mar your
almsgiving with reproach and injury, like those
who spend their wealth only to be seen and
praised by people, and believe neither in God nor
in the Last Day. Such people are like a rock
