ALLAH Loves (1) the kind good doers

                                                                                         

Charity is not just recommended by Islam, it is required of every financially stable Muslim.
Giving charity to those who deserve it is part of Muslim character and one of the Five Pillars of Islamic practice.
Islam encourages the sharing of wealth with others and helps people to stand on their own and become productive members of the society.
The whole concept of wealth is considered in Islam as a gift from Allah. Allah, who provided it to the person, made a portion of it for the poor, so the poor have a right over one’s wealth.

The verse 2:195 in four different translations

QARIB:
Spend in the way of Allah and do not cast into destruction with your own hands. Be good doers; Allah loves the good doers.

SHAKIR:
And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good

PICKTHAL:
Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands to ruin; and do good. lo! Allah loveth the beneficent.

YUSUFALI:
And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good.


Verse 2:195 means:

Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah,
Spend for the sake of Allah
Spend in the way of Allah
Spend your wealth in obedience of Allah
And be not cast by your own hands to ruin
Cast not your own hands, yourselves into destruction, by withholding your money
Do not refrain from giving in His cause lest you ruin yourselves.
Do not be the cause of your own ruin
Do not despair of Allah's mercy lest you ruin yourselves
And do good by spending in the cause of Allah
Have a good opinion about Allah;
Be good in your spending in the way of Allah.
Be virtuous, by spending etc.;
Allah loves the beneficent who spend in His cause
Allah loves the virtuous, that is, He rewards them.
Allah is the Kind and He loves the kind.

About the author:
Safaa Abdel-Aziz
Co-Chief Editor, October Weekly Magazine,
Cairo, Egypt.


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