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265. Wamathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumu ibtighaa mardati Allahi
watathbeetan min anfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin asabaha wabilun faatat
okulaha diAAfayni fa-in lam yusibha wabilun fatallun wa
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llahu bima taAAmaloona
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265. And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to please Allah and to
strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and fertile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it
yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not Heavy rain, light moisture
sufficeth it. Allah seeth well whatever ye do.
266. Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahu jannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree
min tahtiha al-anharu lahu feeha min kulli a
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ththamarati waasabahu alkibaru walahu
thurriyyatun duAAafao faasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fa
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htaraqat kathalika yubayyinu
Allahu lakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroon
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266. Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with date-palms and vines and
streams flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruit, while he is stricken with old age, and
his children are not strong (enough to look after themselves)--that it should be caught in a
whirlwind, with fire therein, and be burnt up? Thus doth Allah make clear to you (His)
Signs; that ye may consider.
Section 37 (267-273)
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