The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Demand from the poor and fear from the rich ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 148 من الجزء Four

God Almighty said: No, indeed, a person becomes arrogant if he sees that he has become wealthy, and the door of giving is closed for him because of the fear of poverty that has been placed in his heart. If he gives, then he becomes arrogant in his wealth in the very sight of his poverty. If he gives what he has become wealthy, he becomes poor and despised, so the rich is still afraid and the poor is still seeking. Hope is for the poor, for he hopes for wealth, and fear is for the rich, for he fears poverty. So whatever you spend of anything, God will replace it with His identity, so He will replace it with the opening of the yā’, for he does not spend until he witnesses the compensation. And this is their saying: “Whoever is certain of the successor will be generous with the gifts. ” So no one spends except out of wealth. Because the servant is poor in essence and rich in honor, and it would have been better for him to be rich in essence because he is the disposer of whoever dispo


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