The Good Life
Alms-giving
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ALMS-GIVING
Believers, bestow in alms a part of that with which
We have provided you, before there comes a day
when there shall be neither trading, nor friendship
nor intercession. Truly it is the unbelievers who are
the wrongdoers (2:254).
He who spends his wealth in the way of God is like a
grain of corn that sprouts seven ears, every ear
bearing a hundred grains. God gives abundance to
whom He wills; God is munificent and all-knowing.
Those who spend their wealth in the way of God then
do not follow up what they spend with reproaches
and insults shall be rewarded by their Lord; they
shall have nothing to fear or regret. A kind word with
forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by
insults. God is self-sufficient and clement. Believers,
do not mar your alms-giving with taunts and
mischief-making, like those who spend their wealth
only to be seen and praised by people, and believe
neither in God nor in the Last Day. Such people are
like a rock covered with a little earth; a shower falls
upon it and leaves it hard and bare. They shall gain
nothing from their works. God does not guide the
