Tafsir for verses: 64:16, 64:17, 64:18
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ وَٱسۡمَعُواْ وَأَطِيعُواْ وَأَنفِقُواْ خَيۡرٗا لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٦ ﴿16﴾ إِن تُقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا يُضَٰعِفۡهُ لَكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ١٧ ﴿17﴾ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١٨ ﴿18﴾
16So, observe taqwā (total obedience to Allah in awe of Him) as far as you can, and listen and obey, and spend (in Allah’s way), it being good for you. And those who are saved from the greed of their hearts are the successful. 17If you advance a good loan to Allah, He will multiply it for you, and will forgive you. And Allah is Appreciative, Forbearing, 18the Knower of the Unseen and the seen, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
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Commentary

His saying, exalted and majestic is He: ﴿So fear Allah as much as you are able, and listen and obey, and spend خيرًا for yourselves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul, then those are the successful.﴾ ﴿If you lend Allah a good loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allah is Appreciative, Forbearing.﴾ ﴿The Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted, the Wise.﴾ (p-324) Qatadah and a group of people said: Indeed, His saying, the Most High: ﴿So fear Allah as much as you are able﴾ abrogates His saying, the Most High: ﴿And fear Allah as He should be feared﴾ [Aal Imran: 102]. It has been narrated that the command to fear Allah as He should be feared was difficult for the people until

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