Chapter 2 · Verse 266
Quran 2:266
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The Cost Of Not Parting Charity Could Be High – You Could Lose It All
أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُڪُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ ۥ جَنَّةٌ۬ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ۬ وَأَعۡنَابٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ لَهُ ۥ فِيهَا مِن ڪُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ۥ ذُرِّيَّةٌ۬ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعۡصَارٌ۬ فِيهِ نَارٌ۬ فَٱحۡتَرَقَتۡۗ كَذَٲلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَڪُمُ ٱلۡأَيَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢٦٦
Does any of you wish to own a garden of palm trees and grapes, with flowing streams and generous crops, then, just as he grows old, and while his children are still dependent on him, a holocaust strikes and burns up his garden? ALLAH thus clarifies the revelations for you, that you may reflect.
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2:266 Does any of you wish to own a garden of palm trees and grapes, with flowing streams and generous crops, then, just as he grows old, and while his children are still dependent on him, a holocaust strikes and burns up his garden? ALLAH thus clarifies the revelations for you that you may reflect.Read passage
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2:266 Does any of you wish to own a garden of palm trees and grapes, with flowing streams and generous crops, then, just as he grows old, and while his children are still dependent on him, a holocaust strikes and burns up his garden? ALLAH thus clarifies the revelations for you that you may reflect.
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*** Verse 2:266 points out the stingy who brag about their gardens of fruits and do not share with the poor and needy. It provides a grave warning and reminder to such arrogant people that Allah is the One who granted them in the first place and can wipe out the garden or burn it up by sending a holocaust, while they still have responsibility towards their children. Then they will lament, grieve, and realize that the gardens did not really belong to them; they were granted by the Lord as a Test to enjoy His…
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Are They Equal? Examples Of Idolatry
2:261 The example of those who spend their monies in the cause of ALLAH is that of a grain that produces seven spikes, with a hundred grains in each spike. ALLAH multiplies this manifold for whomever He wills. ALLAH is Bounteous, Knower.2:262 Those who spend their money in the cause of ALLAH, then do not follow their charity with insult or harm, will receive their recompense from their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.2:263 Kind words and compassion are better than a charity that is followed by…Read passage
SALAT & ABLUTION – Questions from Believers
2:266 Does any of you wish to own a garden of palm trees and grapes, with flowing streams and generous crops, then, just as he grows old, and while his children are still dependent on him, a holocaust strikes and burns up his garden? GOD thus clarifies the revelations for you that you may reflect.Read passage
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