Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
The commentary
نظم الدرر
Al-Biqāʿī
ولَمّا رَغَّبَ سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى في الإنْفاقِ وخَتَمَ آياتِهِ بِما يَقْتَضِي الوَعْدَ مِن أصْدَقِ القائِلِينَ بِالغِنى والإثابَةِ في الدّارَيْنِ أتْبَعَهُ بِما لِلْعَدُوِّ الكاذِبِ مِن ضِدِّ ذَلِكَ فَقالَ مُحَذِّرًا مِنَ البُخْلِ - في جَوابِ مَن كَأنَّهُ قالَ: هَذا ما لا يُشَكُّ فِيهِ فَما لِلنُّفُوسِ لا تُوجَدُ غالِبًا إلّا شَحِيحَةً بِالإنْفاقِ-: ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾
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ولَمّا ذَكَرَ ما لِلْعَدُوِّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ أتْبَعَهُ سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى بِما لَهُ مِنَ الخَيْرِ فَقالَ مُصَرِّحًا بِما تَقَدَّمَ التَّلْوِيحُ بِهِ:﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾
269
He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.
نظم الدرر Al-Biqāʿī ولَمّا انْقَضى الكَلامُ في الإنْفاقِ والمالِ المُنْفَقِ عَلى هَذا الأُسْلُوبِ الحَكِيمِ تَصْرِيحًا وتَلْوِيحًا وخَتَمَ ذَلِكَ بِهاتَيْنِ الصِّفَتَيْنِ وتَضَمَّنَ ذَلِكَ مَعَ التَّصْرِيحِ بِأنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ أنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ أتْبَعَ ذَلِكَ الوَصْفَ بِأنَّ مِن سَعَتِهِ وعِلْمِهِ وحِكْمَتِهِ أنَّهُ يَهَبُ مِن صِفاتِهِ ما يَشاءُ لِمَن يَشاءُ بِأنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ الحِكْمَةَ فَيُوقِفَهُ عَلى عِلْمِ ما خَفِيَ مِن هَذِهِ الأمْثالِ المُتْقَنَةِ والأقْوالِ الحَسَنَةِ تَصْرِيحًا وتَلْوِيحًا ويُوَفِّقُهُ لِلْعَمَلِ بِذَلِكَ إنْشاءً وتَصْحِيحًا فَقالَ تَعالى مُنَبِّهًا عَلى تَرْجِيحِ العَمَلِ بِأمْرِ الرَّحْمَنِ وقَبُولِ وعْدِهِ بِأنَّهُ عَلى مُقْتَضى العَقْلِ والحِكْمَةِ وأنَّ أمْرَ الشَّيْطانِ ووَعْدَهُ عَلى وفْقِ الهَوى والشَّهْوَةِ: وقالَ الحَرالِّيُّ: ولَمّا أبْدى سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى أمْرَ الآخِرَةِ وأظْهَرَ ما فِيها وبَيَّنَ أمْرَ الدُّنْيا مِنَ التَّرْتِيبِ والتَّسْبِيبِ ورَجْعِ بَعْضِها عَلى بَعْضٍ عَوْدًا عَلى بَدْءٍ أنْبَأ تَعالى أنَّ ذَلِكَ مِن حِكْمَتِهِ وأنْهى الحِكْمَةَ لِما فِيها مِنَ اسْتِيفاءِ حِكْمَةِ الدّارَيْنِ فَلَيْسَ الحَكِيمُ مَن عَلِمَ أمْرَ الدُّنْيا بَلْ مَن عَلِمَ (p-٩٤)أمْرَ ما بَيْنَ الدُّنْيا والآخِرَةِ فَداوى أدْواءَ الدُّنْيا بِدَواءِ الآخِرَةِ وداوى النَّفْسَ بِدَواءِ الدّارَيْنِ وضَمَّ جَوامِعَها في تَيْسِيرِ الكَلِمِ كَما ضَمَّها لِمَنِ اصْطَفاهُ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾
ولَمّا كانَ التَّقْدِيرُ: فَإنَّ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الحِكْمَةَ يَصِيرُ ذا لُبٍّ فَيَتَأهَّلُ لِأنْ يَتَذَكَّرَ بِما يُلْقِيهِ اللَّهُ سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى مِن كَلِمَتِهِ ما بَثَّ في الأنْفُسِ والآفاقِ مِن حِكْمَتِهِ وصَلَ بِهِ قَوْلَهُ: ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾
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And whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allah knows of it. And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.
نظم الدرر Al-Biqāʿī ولَمّا كانَ السِّياقُ سابِقًا ولاحِقًا لِلْإنْفاقِ عُلِمَ أنَّ التَّقْدِيرَ: فَما جَمَعْتُمْ مِن شَيْءٍ فَإنَّ اللَّهَ مُطالِبُكم في وضْعِهِ وجَمْعِهِ بِوَجْهِ الحِكْمَةِ ومُحاسِبُكم عَلى ذَلِكَ، فَعَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ حَثًّا عَلى الإسْرارِ بِالنَّفَقَةِ في الخَيْرِ والوَفاءِ بِالنَّذْرِ وتَحْذِيرًا مِنَ الإنْفاقِ في المَعْصِيَةِ ولَوْ عَلى أدَقِّ الوُجُوهِ بِأنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ ويُجازِي عَلَيْهِ قَوْلَهُ: ﴿ ﴾
ولَمّا كانَ الإنْسانُ كَثِيرًا ما يَخْشى فَواتَ أمْرٍ فَيَنْذُرُ إنْ حَصَلَ بِنَفَقَةٍ في وجْهِ خَيْرٍ ونَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ولَكِنْ رُبَّما ظَنَّ أنَّ التَّرْغِيبَ في الإنْفاقِ خاصٌّ بِما نَدَبَ اللَّهُ إلَيْهِ ابْتِداءً لا بِما ألْزَمَهُ الإنْسانُ نَفْسَهُ (p-٩٨)[قالَ] ﴿ ﴾
﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾ ﴿ ﴾
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If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allah, with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.
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Not upon you, [O Muhammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the countenance of Allah. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
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[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.
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Those who spend their wealth [in Allah 's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
275
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
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Allah destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allah does not like every sinning disbeliever.
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Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakah will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
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The same ayah, in another commentary
Al-Baqarah 2:268