إِن تُقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا يُضَٰعِفْهُ لَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
In tuqridul laaha qardan hasanany yudd'ifhu lakum wa yaghfir lakum; wallaahu Shakoorun Haleem
If you loan Allah a goodly loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allah is Most Appreciative and Forbearing.
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64:17Ayah 118
2 ayahs in At-Taghaabun are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.
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If you lend God a good loan by giving voluntary alms out of the goodness of your hearts He will multiply it for you yudā‘ifhu a variant reading has yuda‘‘ifhu from tenfold up to seven hundredfold or more for each one — this loan being the giving of voluntary alms out of the goodness of the heart — and He will forgive you whatever He will and God is Appreciative rewarding of obedience Forbearing in refraining from always punishing disobedience;
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“Allah will be the borrower until he pays off his debt, so long as it (the loan) is not for something that Allah dislikes.”
There was a person who gave loans to the people and said to his men: When an insolvent comes to you show him leniency that Allah may overlook our (faults). So when he met Allah, He overlooked his faults (forgave him).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A man used to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the
debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive us.' So when he met Allah (after his death),
Allah forgave him."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took a camel on loan, and then returned him (the lender) the camel of a more mature age and said: Good among you are those who are good in clearing off the debt.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There was a merchant who used to lend the people, and whenever his debtor was in
straitened circumstances, he would say to his employees, 'Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.'
So, Allah forgave him."
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