And when he finished with the example of the one who is free from the condition, he struck for the one who is associated with the condition from spending an example that alerts to the fact that others do not seek thereby the face of Allah. He said: ﴿And the example of﴾ Al-Harali said: as a conjunction to ﴿like the one who spends his wealth to show off to people﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 264] ﴿and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 264] as a conjunction of opposition, and to ﴿the example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 261] as a conjunction of relevance. End of quote.

﴿Those who spend their wealth﴾ means the example of their expenditures for no worldly reason or any selfish taint, but ﴿seeking the pleasure of Allah﴾ meaning the One who has majesty and honor. Therefore, it is suitable for all righteousness. It is free from boasting, harm, and other impurities that cause disruption. Al-Harali said: and the pleasure is a noun indicating the repetition of satisfaction and its continuity. End of quote.

﴿And a confirmation from themselves﴾ by looking into the rectification of the deed and its sincerity by enduring patience, forgiveness, and perseverance through all the hardships of obligations. For whoever trains himself to compel it to spend wealth, which is akin to the soul, and it submits to him humbly, and its greed diminishes in following its desires, it becomes easy for him to compel it to all acts of worship. And whenever he leaves it while it is inclined towards deficiencies, it increases its greed in following desires and clinging to lowly matters. So, for the partiality, there is an object of the verb like in their saying: he softened from his kindness and he moved from his energy. ﴿Like the example of a garden﴾ meaning a garden and the example of its owner. Al-Harali said: And when the cultivation of this world is grain and fruit, he made the expenditures of the Hereafter likewise as grain and dates. So whoever spends in the way, his example is like that of grain, and whoever spends seeking the pleasure of Allah, his example is like that of a garden which has a firm root around which the fruits revolve, and it is stable and does not need water like the cultivation does, because cultivation is renewed at every time, just as jihad occurs when there is a need for it. And the one who spends seeking the pleasure of Allah spends in every way, continuously spending. Therefore, his example is like that of the everlasting garden so that the two examples correspond with the two exemplified. This spending encompasses all directions of spending in all ways of goodness. End of quote.

﴿In a high place﴾ means a high location that is not a mountain. Al-Harali said: In informing that the best of the gardens is what is in the high place, so that the sun can reach it and the beneficial winds can penetrate it. As for what is from the gardens in the lowlands, the beneficial winds do not reach it from above, so its life weakens. This is because the winds are the life of the plants. "The wind is from the breath of the Most Merciful." Then he described it by saying: ﴿It was struck by a downpour﴾ meaning heavy rain. ﴿So it brought forth its fruit﴾ means it produced it by the permission of Allah, glorified and exalted is He, until it became in the strength of the giver ﴿Twofold﴾ meaning like what it would have produced if it had been struck without the downpour. Thus they said: twofold, and it appears that what is meant is four times, because the meaning of doubling is the amount of the thing and its like with it, so the twofold would be four. And Allah, glorified and exalted is He, knows best; and the verse is from the type of ambiguity. The mention of the spender first indicates the omission of the owner of the garden second, and the mention of the garden second indicates the omission of the expenditure first.

And since the downpour may not exist, he said: ﴿But if it does not strike it with a downpour, then a drizzle﴾ meaning it will be struck by a drizzle due to its height, which is the dew that falls in the fog. Al-Harali said: The drizzle is a subtle form of rain that cannot be perceived by the senses until it gathers. For the rain descends subtly beyond the senses, which is the drizzle, then it appears lightly, which is the sprinkle, then it strengthens, which is the shower, then it increases and connects, which is the downpour, then it becomes abundant and close together, which is the heavy rain, then its pouring becomes great, which is the generous rain. For it has (p-85) forms that the senses do not perceive due to its subtlety to what the senses cannot bear in abundance. The meaning is that the people of this type do not have corruption in their deeds. Their ultimate goal is that deficiency may affect them due to the weakness of intentions. Therefore, the estimation is a causation from that: for Allah knows what you deserve based on your intentions. So he added to it His saying: ﴿And Allah﴾ meaning the All-Encompassing in knowledge and power ﴿is All-Seer of what you do﴾ meaning of what is apparent from it ﴿and All-Seer﴾ as He is of what is hidden. So strive in doing good in both the apparent and the hidden. And he presented the example of one who is free from conditions upon it, for repelling evils is preferable to bringing about benefits.