البقرة
مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْسُطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ 245
Once the prophet said to his companions: ``Whoever gives an alm for charity will have twice that much in PARADISE.'' One of the companions named ABULDAHDAH -ANSARI told the prophet that he had two gardens. He asked the Messenger of God: ``If I give one of my gardens in charity, will I have two gardens of bliss instead of that?'' The prophet answered: ``Yes! of course!'' The helper man gave one of his two gardens which was better and more valuable for charity. The phrase: `AZ-FANÄ KASEERA' in the verse implies, many time, or manifold multiplied. Through this verse it is asked: ``Who will lend Allah a beautiful loan, then He will repay him many times over?'' ``BEAUTIFUL LOAN'' metaphorically may mean spending in JAHAD for the pleasure of Allah, or in support of the poor and needy for His sake. The ending phrase of the verse implies that: ``One should not think that spending for the cause of God to Whose hands are the keys of want and plenty, or decrease and increase, will lessen the wealth or power that is used in charity. In several verses, charity and spending for the cause of Allah have been declared as lending and giving loans! This manner of embracement will show Allah's great favour to mankind and also implies the importance of charity and expenditures in the way of Allah. HAZRAT ALI (AS), has said in the NAHJOLBALAGHEH: ``God has asked you to lend Him a loan, while to Him belongs the treasures of heavens and the earth, and He is free of want, and all praises belong to Him. OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO. 245)
COMMENTS
WHY IS IT CALLED A LOAN?