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CH. 57 AL-HADID PT. 27 b وَعَدَ اللهُ الْحُسْنَى وَاللهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ And to all has Allah promised خَبِيرة -051= good. And Allah is Well-Aware of what you do. 4153 R. 2. مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا Who is he that will lend to. 12 Allah a goodly loan?" So He will increase it manifold for him, and he will have a generous reward. 4154 فَيُضْعِفَهُ لَهُ وَلَةٌ أَجْرُ كَرِيمُ thou wilt see the believing men light running before them and b يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِتِ يَسْعَى And think of the day when. 13 نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ and the believing women, their بُشْريكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّتُ تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا on their right hands, and it will الْأَنْهرُ خُلِدِينَ فِيهَا ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظيمة be said to them, 'Glad tidings for you this day! Gardens through which streams flow, wherein you will abide. That is the supreme triumph. '4155 "2:246; 64:18; 73:21. '66:9. 4153. Commentary: Man will have to leave behind in this world all his material possessions which in truth belong to God. (the Victory) may refer to the Fall of Mecca, soon after which the whole of Arabia submitted to the Holy Prophet, or it may refer to the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah which laid the foundation of the subsequent rapid spread of Islam and of the vast and very quick expansion of the political power of Muslims. 4154. Commentary: God regards monetary sacrifices, demanded of Muslims for their own progress and advancement, as a loan lent to Him which He promises to 3096 increase and return manifold. The sacrifices rendered by early Muslims in the cause of truth led to a comparatively much greater reward in the form of the conquest of the mightiest empires of the time. 4155. Commentary: The words, "their light," mean the light of their faith and good actions which on the "day of distress and darkness", (i. e. for disbelievers) will lead believers to their goal. Thus their faith and good works will assume the form of light on the 'Day of Resurrection. " "Light" may also mean the light of Divine realization and the capacity to seek and achieve the pleasure of God in this very life. For