سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 274

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ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿274﴾
Those who spend their wealth (in Allâh’s Cause) by night and day, in secret and in public, they shall have their reward with their Lord. On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
يُنفِقُونَ yunfiqūna spend
أَمْوَٰلَهُم amwālahum their wealth
بِٱلَّيْلِ bi-al-layli by night
وَٱلنَّهَارِ wal-nahāri and day
سِرًّۭا sirran secretly
وَعَلَانِيَةًۭ waʿalāniyatan and openly
فَلَهُمْ falahum then for them
أَجْرُهُمْ ajruhum (is) their reward
عِندَ ʿinda with
رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord
وَلَا walā and no
خَوْفٌ khawfun fear
عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim on them
وَلَا walā and not
هُمْ hum they
يَحْزَنُونَ yaḥzanūna will grieve

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(Ayah 274) Up to here, in fourteen verses, charity has been discussed; after this, interest was declared forbidden. When charity was emphasized, then giving a loan became even more necessary, and why should interest be taken on a loan. (Muwaddih)

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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274. Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, secretly and openly [391], they shall have their reward with their Lord. Such people will have no fear, nor shall they grieve.

[391] This verse is actually a supplement to the rulings of charity and almsgiving. That is, in the end, once again, encouragement for charity is being given. Now, in direct contrast to this, the discussion of usury is beginning. Where charity and almsgiving create mutual sympathy, kindness, brotherhood, and generosity, they also reduce class divisions. On the contrary, usury breeds hardness of heart, selfishness, enmity, lack of kindness, and miserliness—such vile morals—and increases class divisions, which ultimately lead to some great turmoil. Communism, in fact, is the product of such turmoil.