The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 478
CH. 89 AL-FAJR 18. "Nay, but you honour not the orphan, 19. "And you urge not one another to feed the poor. 20. And you devour the heritage of other people wholly, 4717 21. And you love wealth with exceeding love. 4718 PT. 30 كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ وَلَا تَخْضُونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ وَتَأْكُلُونَ التَّرَاثَ أَكَلَّا لَمَّان وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبَّا جَمَّان "107:3. 69:35; 90:17; 107:4. 104:3. himself makes or mars his destiny, in 4:80 it says that good comes from God but evil from man's ownself, and 4718. Important Words: means, the جم الماء (exceeding) جما water became much or abundant. yet in 4:79 it observes that both good means, they became many. and evil come from God. In fact, as God has created everything for the good of man, and it is by misusing God-given gifts that he involves himself in trouble, good is said to proceed from God and evil from man. But as God produces the results of the good or bad actions of man, good or evil are both said to come from God. And as man is a free agent, both good and evil are attributed to him. Thus these verses explain and support one another, there being no contradiction between them. 4717. Important Words: ,means لم الشيء. (wholly) لما he gathered, amassed, concentrated the thing. They say i. e. God rectified or repaired and consolidated what was disorganised of the affairs of such a one. W means, the whole; altogether; one's own part and that of another (Aqrab). Commentary: See next verse. means, they came all of them, none of them remaining behind. Jo means, much property. means, plenty, abundance; exceeding; numerous (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: Taken along with the preceding three verses, the verse under comment drives home to hoarders of wealth the evils of hoarding and says to them in effect: "You have been given wealth in abundance not as of right or as the result of superior intellect; you should not, therefore, feel injured or humiliated when you are deprived of it. It is given to you that you should spend it to meet the needs of the orphans and the poor, but you squander it in immoral pursuits, depriving others of their rights in it, or else you hoard it and refuse to spend it in noble causes. " In fact inordinate love of money leads to three inevitable results: (a) It creates in man an excessive desire to keep on 3374