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So yesterday, the parable was about those who give for the sake of Allah, Ibn Gha'a Mardatilāh,

wa t-Tathbītam, and a fousahim.

They have MashAllah TebarakAllah, a jinn, at a very good plateau that is giving double

its income.

Today, Allah SWT will move on, Allah Azza wa Jal mentions the flip opposite.

And once again, all of these parables, back and forth, back and forth, four parables,

two of them about the righteous people who give for the sake of Allah, and two of them

about the unrighteous people, two of them that are giving not for the sake of Allah, but

for the sake of showing off.

So now we get to the final of those parables, and remember, the other parable about the

one who gives for showing off was like a rock that has a thin layer, it's an illusion

that it is fertile, but in reality is a hard rock.

Now today's parable, verse 266, Allah SWT says,

would you like to be the person, Allah is asking a rhetorical question, he gives an example,

he lays out the scenario, and he says, would you like to be this person, which person,

a person who has a beautiful garden that has,

Nakhil is of course dates, A'nab is of course grapes, so the two most prized fruits,

the two most precious, the most expensive, everybody wants them, dates and grapes.

And Tejri Mintahti al-Anhar, the water is coming, he doesn't have to irrigate, there's

no need for rain, there's natural water coming in, right?

And there are other tamarats as well, it's not just dates, and it's not just grapes,

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