انا نخاف من ربنا يوما عبوسا قمطريرا

إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا

Assalaaam alaykum, 😆

Give food despite their desire for it to the needy, the orphans and the captive. Saying to themselves, we feed you for the sake of Allah, looking neither rewards nor thanks from you. We fear from Allah the horrible distressful Day. - [76:8 to 10]

I was looking at these ayat and I was like thinking, Allah gave a guarantee here if you fear the Judgement Day and want ease on that Day, then give food to the needy, the orphans and the captive. 

Though there’s some clause to this, ‘give food despite their desire’ - it probably for the one that also has need of that food. Means they could be poor themselves. Or it could be the food that you love and you want to eat them yourself. But instead of eating them, you gave up for the sake of Allah. 

So Allah will deliver them from the horror of that Day, and grant them radiance and joy. - [76:11]

This is pretty much recipe for success in the after life. 

Then Allah also said in surah Al-Baqarah 2:261, 'The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.' 

If you spend in the way of Allah, He will multiples [His reward] for whom He wills. You’re not going to get poor because of giving. Instead you’re going to become rich. Allahu akhbar!!! 💕

Kinda like to me, if you want to be rich and be spared on the Day of Judgement, you spend your wealth and feed the needy, the orphans, and the captive purely for the sake of Allah. 

Wa allahu alam.

Reflections on Surah Al-Insan Ayah 10