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Bismillahir lillahir l-Alas hajatuhalleh

Salatu wa sallammu aala Rasulillahu aala aalihi wa sahafihe-iwomenu wala hamabad

We have one similar tutor parable left in Surat al-Bakara

and that is verse number 275

Now as we explained the last section of Bakara

basically from ayat al-Kursi or before ayat al-Kursi to the very end

It's all about charity and it's about money

and it's about the parable of giving money

We've given a number of them.

The very last section of this Surah, right before we end the Surah,

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala talks about the opposite of charity.

And in the Quran, the opposite of charity is Riba.

Okay, so you have Sadaka and then you have Riba.

Multiple times the Quran contrasts, Sadaka with Riba.

So now we get to a parable about Riba.

And this is a unique parable.

In fact, it's not in the same genre as the other similarities

as you're going to see.

Verse number 275, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says,

Now even here we have powerful language,

because nobody takes the money of Riba and eats it, right?

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