Al-Baqarah 2:265 ومثل الذين ينفقون اموالهم ابتغاء مرضات الله وتثبيتا من انفسهم كمثل جنة بربوة اصابها وابل فاتت اكلها ضعفين فان لم يصبها وابل فطل والله بما تعملون بصير ٢٦٥
وَمَثَلُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يُنفِقُونَ
أَمۡوَٰلَهُمُ
ٱبۡتِغَآءَ
مَرۡضَاتِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَتَثۡبِيتٗا
مِّنۡ
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
كَمَثَلِ
جَنَّةِۭ
بِرَبۡوَةٍ
أَصَابَهَا
وَابِلٞ
فَـَٔاتَتۡ
أُكُلَهَا
ضِعۡفَيۡنِ
فَإِن
لَّمۡ
يُصِبۡهَا
وَابِلٞ
فَطَلّٞۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
بَصِيرٌ
٢٦٥
But those who spend their wealth in order to gain God’s approval, and as an affirmation of their own faith, are like a garden on a hill: heavy rain falls and it produces double its normal yield; even if no heavy rain falls, it will still be watered by the dew. God sees all that you do.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ
(while they in their own selves are sure and certain) meaning, they are certain that Allah shall reward them for these righteous acts with the best rewards. Similarly, in a Hadith collected by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِ
…وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ
(while they in their own selves are sure and certain) meaning, they are certain that Allah shall reward them for these r
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