Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ad-Dhuhaa, Ayah 8
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And did He not find you needy poor and enrich you? and made you content with the spoils and other things which He gave you — in a hadīth it is stated ‘Wealth comes not from the proliferation of transient worldly goods but wealth comes from the contentedness of the soul’.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
And he also said: (Did He not find thee) O Muhammad (destitute) poor (and enrich (thee)) with the wealth of Khadijah; and it is also said this means: and made you content with that which He gave you? The Prophet (pbuh) said: " Yes, O Gabriel! "