Allah loves (7) the charitable

Who are Cautious and the Righteous and what is for them?

Be quick in the Race for Forgiveness from your Lord

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We have seen that Allah loves those:

(1) the kind good doers,

(2) those who turn to him and those who are Clean and Pure, (3) those who guard against evil,

(4) those who put their Trust in Him,

5) those who are firm and steadfast and

6) the virtuous

In this article, Allah loves the charitable.

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Verse 3:134 says that Allah loves the charitable.

In order to appreciate verse 3:134, it is better to go through the three verses before it.

In verse 3:131, there is a warning for the disbelievers who reject faith.  It says: Guard yourselves against the fire prepared for unbelievers.

In verse 3:132, there is a commandment for those who are looking to have mercy.  It says: And obey Allah and the messenger (Muhammad); that ye may obtain mercy

Verse 3:133 mandates us to be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord and for a very wide garden (paradise) prepared for the cautious, the righteous and those who guard against evil

Then verse 3:134 tells us who are cautious, the righteous and those who guard against evil.

It is those who

• Those who spend kindly in ease as well as in malevolently
• Those who spend compassionately in prosperity as well as in adversity
• Those who spend generously in benevolently as well as in hardship
• Those who curb their anger
• Who restrain anger
• Those who control their wrath
• Those who pardon the people
• Those who forgive people
• Those who are forgiving toward mankind
• And Allah the doers of good to others
• And Allah loves the charitable

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The verses 3:131-134 in four translations

QARIB:

131) Guard yourselves against the fire prepared for unbelievers.

132) Obey Allah and the messenger in order to be subjected to mercy.

133) And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a paradise as wide as heaven and earth, prepared for the cautious

134) Who spend in prosperity and in adversity, for those who curb their anger and those who forgive people. and Allah loves the charitable

 

SHAKIR:

131) And guard yourselves against the fire which has been prepared for the unbelievers

132) And obey Allah and the messenger, that you may be shown mercy

133) And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who guard (against evil)

134) Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in straitness, and those who restrain (their) anger and pardon men; and Allah loves the doers of good (to others)

 

PICKTHAL:

131) And ward off (from yourselves) the fire prepared for disbelievers.

132) And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy.

133) And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);

134) Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given them) in ease and in adversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving toward mankind; Allah loveth the good;

 

YUSUFALI:

131) Fear the fire, which is repaired for those who reject faith:

132) And obey Allah and the messenger; that ye may obtain mercy.

133) Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous,-

134) Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; – for Allah loves those who do good;-