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So we move on and we conclude Surat Al-Baqarah

and we're still upon the same section of parables regarding Sadaka.

And it is amazing that in this one page, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has four parables

that he gives all of them about Sadaka.

And today we'll finish up these parables

and this is something that I want us to think about.

That in this one page, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given

so many different examples and encouragement and parables.

And the concept is that Allah wants us to understand that giving charity

is an investment that is going to return back to us in this world and in the next.

And if we give it properly, then we will be rich in this dunya and rich in the akhirah.

And if we don't give it properly, then it will be an investment that crashes to zero.

So this is the whole point here.

So in the next verse here, verse 265, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

the similitude of the one who gives his money.

Now notice here, Allah has already given a similitude three ayat ago.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions the example of the grain that gives forth seven ears.

Those ears have one hundred so that gives seven hundred.

Then literally a few verses down, verse 265, Allah gives another parable, another example.

And what is this example?

The example of the one who gives his wealth for the sake of Allah is like that of a garden,

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