The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 415
PT. 3 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاء And the case of those who. 266 مَرْضَاتِ اللهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةِ بِرَبُوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَاتَتْ أكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ ۚ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِهَا وَابِلٌ b فَطَلُّ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ spend their wealth to seek the pleasure of Allah and to strengthen their souls is like the case of a garden on elevated ground. Heavy rain falls on it so that it "brings forth its fruit twofold. And if heavy rain does not fall on it, then light rain suffices. And Allah sees what you do. 272 "See 2:262. saw the man thus walking, he said, "This gait is hateful to God, but on the present occasion it is not so. " In fact, there had been an outbreak of fever among the Companions who were greatly weakened thereby, and the aforesaid Muslim walked with a boastful gait in order to make a display of his strength so that the enemy might not think that the Muslims had been weakened by fever. This turned an ordinarily reprehensible act into a praiseworthy one. Elsewhere Muslims have been bidden to spend their money not only secretly but also openly (2:275), and the object underlying this injunction is that other Muslims, seeing a brother of theirs expending money in the cause of God, may be induced to follow his good example. But he who has no faith in God expends his money openly solely with the object of winning the good opinion of men, and such a one has no reward with God. The concluding portion of the verse 415 likens a disbeliever to a smooth rock which is not fit for producing a crop; but sometimes, when it is covered with a layer of dust, some corn may grow on it, i. e. when circumstances are favourable and such person does some really good deed, he derives some benefit from it. But when he spends money merely for the sake of display and show, his good deeds are wasted, just as a heavy rain washes away the dust from the surface of a smooth and hard rock, leaving it bare and unproductive. 272. Important Words: ثبت strengthen is derived from) تثبيتا which means, he or it subsisted or lasted; he or it became fixed or stationary at a place; he was firm, stable, steadfast and unwavering. ☺ means, the matter became proved and determined. means, he made a person or thing fixed and stationary, rendering him or it unable to move; he imprisoned him or inflicted on him a crippling injury. means, he