Lend To God Almighty

 

A goodly loan  (L-312)

وَقاتِلوا في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ وَاعلَموا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَميعٌ عَليمٌ244.  مَن ذَا الَّذي يُقرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضعافًا كَثيرَةً ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَقبِضُ وَيَبسُطُ وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ245.

244.  Wa  qaa-tiluu  fii  sabiiLillaahi  wa’-lamuuu  ‘annAllaaha  Samii-‘un  ‘Aliim. 245.  Man-zallazii  yuqrizUllaaha  Qarzan  Hasanan  fa-yuzaa-‘ifa-Huu  lahuuu  ‘az-‘aafan-  kasiirah.  WAllaahu  yaqbizu  wa  yab-sut.  Wa  ‘ilayHi  turja-‘uun.

244. Fight in the cause of God, and know that God is Hearing and Knowing. 245. Who is he who will offer God a generous loan, so He will multiply it for him manifold? God receives and amplifies, and to Him you will be returned.

‘Aliim – (Knower), it denotes that God knows the intentions of hearts and proclamation by tongues of those persons who try and strive in His Path and who don’t.

Qarzan  Hasanah – (a goodly loan), the loan, after which neither the debtor would be troubled, nor kindness would be shown, nor revenge would be taken and nor the debtor would be despised. In broad terms, it signifies also, each that sum which is spent in any respect of the religion. Here it aims the amount spent in fighting for the sake of God (Jihad). The Arabs used to say - every act of good remuneration “a goodly loan” and every act of bad remuneration “a bad loan”. Though, due to spending the wealth in Fighting (Jihad) in the Way of God will be returned manifold more in the Hereafter, so this act of spending is determined by Holy Qur’an as a goodly loan (Qarzan  Hasanah).

Fa-yuzaa-‘ifa-Huu – (so that He may give it increase), it means ‘to increase the future reward and remuneration of this deed’. Origin of this word is ‘Az-’aaf  (to increase manifold).

God explained by mentioning about a nation in the previous verse that control of life and death is in His hand only. So, you shouldn’t turn away due to fear of enemy. Now, it is being commanded clearly for fighting in the Way of God (Jihad) that “Fight in the Path of Right Religion against its enemies”.

Arms and equipment, tools and other things are required for war (Jihad). So, God ordered to those people, who have power to afford it that they should spend their wealth wholeheartedly. God will return their sacrifice by increasing it many times (manifold) in this world as well as on the Day of Resurrection. They should never think that due to spending the money in the Way of God, they will become poor. https://youtu.be/o6tzOJEmwU8