Editing Screen: Surah al-Baqarah 2 : 270

Editing: al-Baqarah

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>The sūrah continues with the theme of charity, emphasising that God is fully aware of what people give and how they give. He will reward them for both the act of giving and the intention behind it.  Giving, in this sense, refers to all kinds of alms and charity, voluntary as well as obligatory, for private or public causes. Vows and pledges are made by individuals for personal reasons and must be made for the sake of God and for no other cause. Offerings made by unbelievers to individuals or bogus deities are totally unacceptable and condemned by Islam.</p> <p>The fact that God is aware of one’s intentions and actions is reassuring to the believer, arousing within him feelings of respect and eagerness to shun greed and ostentation, as well as total ease that comes from having fulfilled his obligations of giving for God’s sake and of showing gratitude to God for His generosity and beneficence.</p> <p>Honouring one’s obligations is fair, and the opposite is evil and unjust. In this respect, people are two types. There are those who fulfil their obligations towards God, and live enjoying God’s blessings. On the other side, those who deny God’s generosity and show no gratitude for what He gives them, and withhold it from those in need, are condemned as evildoers who have violated their covenant with God and done wrong to themselves as well as to others, and they “<strong>shall have none to help them</strong>”.</p>

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