The Holy Quran 3:92 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

Translation

You shall never reach (true, perfect) righteousness until you spend of that which you love. Whatever good (wealth) you spend, Allaah is certainly Aware of it (Allaah knows exactly where, when, how and why you spend and He will reward you for it).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The excellence of spending what one loves: that is, Allah knows what kind of thing was spent, where it was spent and for whose sake it was spent. The more beloved and dear the thing, the kind of cause on which you spend it, and the degree of sincerity and good intention with which you spend it, according to that hope for a recompense from Almighty Allah.

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