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That is to say, you would accept it only reluctantly and with a feeling of shame,
so do not select it for your Lord.
According to the Tradition: “A single coin may overtake a hundred thousand.”
This happens when a person‟s offering represents the best and finest part fo his
wealth, and is made in a spirit of pleasure and happiness of giving. Were he to
offer a hundred thousand times as much, but out of the part of his fortune he
disliked, that would only go to show that he would not offer to Allah, the Almighty
anything he was fond of. That is why Allah finds fault with people who set aside
for Him what they themselves dislike. Allah, the Almighty said:
“They ascribe to Allah what they themselves dislike. Their tongues utter
falsehoods (when they say) the finest of wages shall be theirs.” (Koran Ch. 16
verse 62)
Some reciters of the Koran pause at this negation, stressing the falsehood of
what those people say, before continuing with:
so do not select it for your Lord.
According to the Tradition: “A single coin may overtake a hundred thousand.”
This happens when a person‟s offering represents the best and finest part fo his
wealth, and is made in a spirit of pleasure and happiness of giving. Were he to
offer a hundred thousand times as much, but out of the part of his fortune he
disliked, that would only go to show that he would not offer to Allah, the Almighty
anything he was fond of. That is why Allah finds fault with people who set aside
for Him what they themselves dislike. Allah, the Almighty said:
“They ascribe to Allah what they themselves dislike. Their tongues utter
falsehoods (when they say) the finest of wages shall be theirs.” (Koran Ch. 16
verse 62)
Some reciters of the Koran pause at this negation, stressing the falsehood of
what those people say, before continuing with: