The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And He found you in want, so He enriched you"
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh :[Ad-Duhaa 93:8] "In want" means poor, so "He enriched you" means He expanded your wealth, He gave you abundant wealth. Here we say that "enriched" requires an object. Where is its object? By analogy, there is no objection. Who knows? Go ahead, everyone, give us one who can answer. Please.
The student: The object is omitted, and
The Shaykh : the implied meaning is
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Did you understand? May Allah reward you. "He enriched you" means He made you wealthy and He enriched you through it. And as you heard at the beginning of the lesson, when Allah opened up for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) abundant war spoils, he began paying off the debts of debtors. Likewise, the community became greatly wealthy with what? By following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Did you not know, may Allah reward you, that the crown of Kisra, the king of the Persians, was brought from Ctesiphon to the Prophet's city? Not a single bead was lost from it until it was brought to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). It was brought carried on two camels, as the historians say. There were no cars in the beginning, nor transport by camels; it was tied to two camels and they traveled with it from Ctesiphon to the Prophet's city. It was placed before 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), 'Umar the Restorer, through whom Allah opened up the cities and humbled the people of disbelief and hypocrisy. It was placed before him, and he was amazed that not a single bead was lost from it. He said:. Is this correct or not? Yes. They delivered this from its distant place to the Prophet's city, and not a single bead was lost. They were trustworthy, without doubt. They said: "You traveled in safety, so they traveled as trustworthy people. If you had stumbled, they would have stumbled." And this is the truth in any case. So "He enriched you"—we said the meaning of "enriched" is what? He made you wealthy and He enriched you through you. Then, when Allah mentioned these great blessings, He connected to that.
And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
ووجدك عائلا فأغنىThe student: The object is omitted, and
The Shaykh : the implied meaning is
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Did you understand? May Allah reward you. "He enriched you" means He made you wealthy and He enriched you through it. And as you heard at the beginning of the lesson, when Allah opened up for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) abundant war spoils, he began paying off the debts of debtors. Likewise, the community became greatly wealthy with what? By following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Did you not know, may Allah reward you, that the crown of Kisra, the king of the Persians, was brought from Ctesiphon to the Prophet's city? Not a single bead was lost from it until it was brought to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). It was brought carried on two camels, as the historians say. There were no cars in the beginning, nor transport by camels; it was tied to two camels and they traveled with it from Ctesiphon to the Prophet's city. It was placed before 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), 'Umar the Restorer, through whom Allah opened up the cities and humbled the people of disbelief and hypocrisy. It was placed before him, and he was amazed that not a single bead was lost from it. He said: