10/17/09

a goodly loan

al-quran...2:245 –

“Who is it that would loan God a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is God who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.”

Agha Mahdi Pouya and Mir Ahmad ‘Ali’s Commentary:

2:245:“Qardhan hasanan,” a goodly loan, is given without any consideration for its repayment, or time of repayment. In fact, it is completely forgotten as soon as it is given. The rewards of a goodly loan, offered to God to seek His pleasure only, are manifold. It brings about echoes of the goodness of the creator. The return from the merciful Lord corresponds to the purity and sincerity of the intention of the lender. This goodly loan, in this verse, refers to the spending in the way of God and striving in the cause of God.To restrict or increase the means of subsistence is exclusively in the hands of God.

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