مَّن
ذَا
ٱلَّذِي
يُقۡرِضُ
ٱللَّهَ
قَرۡضًا
حَسَنٗا
فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ
لَهُۥٓ
أَضۡعَافٗا
كَثِيرَةٗۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
يَقۡبِضُ
وَيَبۡصُۜطُ
وَإِلَيۡهِ
تُرۡجَعُونَ
٢٤٥
Who will lend to Allah a good loan which Allah will multiply many times over? It is Allah ˹alone˺ who decreases and increases ˹wealth˺. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of the Dead People
Ibn Abu Hatim related that Ibn `Abbas said that these people mentioned herein were the residents of a village called Dawardan. `Ali bin `Asim said that they were from Dawardan, a village several miles away from Wasit (in Iraq).
In his Tafsir, Waki` bin Jarrah said that I
…The Story of the Dead People
Ibn Abu Hatim related that Ibn `Abbas said that these people mentioned herein were the residents of a village called Dawa
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