Transliteration:( Man zal lazee yuqridul laaha qardan hasanan fa yudaa'ifahoo lahoo wa lahooo ajrun kareem )
"Who is there who will lend to Allah a good gift [32], and He will double [33] it for such a person, and there is a generous reward for him."
✅ [32] Charity as a Joyful Loan to Allah
This verse invites believers to spend willingly in the path of Allah by describing it as a loan to the Almighty. Of course, Allah is free of need, yet this metaphor is used to stir generosity and to emphasize the honor and reward of giving. The phrase “a goodly loan” implies that the act of charity should be:
Done with sincerity,
Free of pride or expectation of praise,
Without burdening the recipient,
Given joyfully and willingly.
This type of spending is linked with the promise of Paradise, encouraging believers to invest in the eternal rather than cling to the temporary.
✅ [33] Divine Multiplication – Beyond Human Comprehension
Allah promises to multiply this "loan" in unimaginable ways—not as a worldly interest or profit—but as a divine bounty that only He can measure. The doubling here is symbolic of vast, abundant reward, both:
In this world (through barakah, peace, and provision), and
In the Hereafter (through unimaginable honor and reward in Paradise).
This multiplication is an act of Allah’s grace, not a transactional interest. It shows that charity does not diminish wealth but increases it—spiritually and materially.
The tafsir of Surah Hadid verse 11 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hadid ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 11.
(57:11) Who is it that will give Allah a beautiful loan? A loan that Allah will repay after increasing it many times and grant him a generous reward.[16]
16. How Generous and Beneficent is Allah that if a man spends the wealth granted by Himself in His way, He calls it a loan Himself, provided that it is a good loan, that is, a loan which in given with a pure intention, without any selfish motive of winning reputation and renown, or of doing favor to somebody, but only for the sake of Allah’s approval and to win His good-will and rewards. Allah makes two promises in this regard:
(1) That He will repay it increasing it manifold.
(2) That He will also give from Himself the best reward for it.
According to a Hadith reported by Abdullah bin Masud, when this verse was revealed and the people heard it from the Prophet (peace be upon him), Abud Dahdah Ansari asked: O Messenger (peace be upon him) of Allah, does Allah want a loan from us?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: Yes, O Abud-Dahdah. He said: Kindly show me your hand. The Prophet (peace be upon him) extended his hand towards him. He took his hand in his own hand and said: I give away my garden in loan to my Lord. Abdullah bin Masud says that the garden had 600 datepalms and also his own house in which his family lived. Saying this to the Prophet (peace be upon him) he went straight back home, and calling out to his wife said: Come out, O mother of Dahdah, I have loaned this garden to my Lord. She replied: Dahdah’s father, you have made a good bargain, and she immediately vacated and left the garden with her children. (Ibn Abi Hatim). This incident throws light on the conduct of the sincere believers of that time, and from this one can also understand the kind of the good loan that Allah has promised to return increasing it manifold with a rich reward in addition.
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