وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامٰى حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَۚ فَاِنْ اٰنَسْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَادْفَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْۚ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَٓا اِسْرَافًا وَبِدَارًا اَنْ يَكْبَرُواۜ وَمَنْ كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْۚ وَمَنْ كَانَ فَق۪يرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ فَاِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْ فَاَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ حَس۪يبًا
And test the orphans [in your charge] until they reach a marriageable age; then, if you find them to be mature of mind, hand over to them their possessions; and do not consume them by wasteful spending, and in haste, ere they grow up. And let him who is rich abstain entirely [from his ward's property]; and let him who is poor partake thereof in a fair manner. And when you hand over to them their possessions, let there be witnesses on their behalf – although none can take count as Allah does.
مِنْ اَجْلِ ذٰلِكَۚۛ كَتَبْنَا عَلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓاء۪يلَ اَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ اَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَكَاَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَم۪يعًاۜ وَمَنْ اَحْيَاهَا فَكَاَنَّمَٓا اَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَم۪يعًاۜ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۘ ثُمَّ اِنَّ كَث۪يرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْاَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ
Because of this did We ordain unto the children of Israel that if anyone slays a human being-unless it be [in punishment] for murder or for spreading corruption on earth-it shall be as though he had slain all mankind; whereas, if anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind. And, indeed, there came unto them Our apostles with all evidence of the truth: yet, behold, notwithstanding all this, many of them go on committing all manner of excesses on earth.
وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَ جَنَّاتٍ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَالنَّخْلَ وَالزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا اُكُلُهُ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍۜ كُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِه۪ٓ اِذَٓا اَثْمَرَ وَاٰتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِه۪ۘ وَلَا تُسْرِفُواۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَۙ
For it is He who has brought into being gardens-[both] the cultivated ones and those growing wild -and the date-palm, and fields bearing multiform produce, and the olive tree, and the pomegranate: [all] resembling one another and yet so different! Eat of their fruit when it comes to fruition, and give [unto the poor] their due on harvest day. And do not waste [Allah's bounties]: verily, He does not love the wasteful!
يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ خُذُوا ز۪ينَتَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُواۚ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَ۟
O CHILDREN of Adam! Beautify yourselves for every act of worship, and eat and drink [freely], but do not waste: verily, He does not love the wasteful!
وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذ۪يرًا
And give his due to the near of kin, as well as to the needy and the wayfarer, but do not squander [thy substance] senselessly.
اِنَّ الْمُبَذِّر۪ينَ كَانُٓوا اِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاط۪ينِۜ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّه۪ كَفُورًا
Behold, the squanderers are, indeed, of the ilk of the satans – inasmuch as Satan has indeed proved most ungrateful to his Sustainer.
فَاَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۘ وَعَصٰٓى اٰدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوٰىۖ
And so the two ate [of the fruit] thereof: and thereupon they became conscious of their nakedness and began to cover themselves with pieced-together leaves from the garden. And [thus] did Adam disobey his Sustainer, and thus did he fall into grievous error.
وَالَّذ۪ينَ اِذَٓا اَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ قَوَامًا
and who, whenever they spend on others, are neither wasteful nor niggardly but [remember that] there is always a just mean between those [two extremes];Read the verse in its surah ↗
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَسْرَفُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَم۪يعًاۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ
SAY: “[Thus speaks Allah:] ‘O you servants of Mine who have transgressed against your own selves! Despair not of Allah’s mercy: behold, Allah forgives all sins – for, verily, He alone is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!’”
وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌۗ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ ا۪يمَانَهُٓ اَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا اَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللّٰهُ وَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ وَاِنْ يَكُ كَاذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۚ وَاِنْ يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي يَعِدُكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ
At that, a believing man of Pharaoh’s family, who [until then] had concealed his faith, exclaimed: “Would you slay a man because he says, ‘Allah is my Sustainer’ – seeing, withal, that he has brought you all evidence of this truth from your Sustainer? Now if he be a liar, his lie will fall back on him; but if he is a man of truth, something [of the punishment] whereof he warns you is bound to befall you: for, verily, Allah would not grace with His guidance one who has wasted his own self by lying [about Him].
وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِنْ قَبْلُ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَٓاءَكُمْ بِه۪ۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ رَسُولًاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُرْتَابٌۚ
“And [remember:] it was to you that Joseph came aforetime with all evidence of the truth; but you never ceased to throw doubt on all [the messages] that he brought you – so much so that when he died, you said, ‘Never will Allah send any apostle [even] after him!’ “In this way Allah lets go astray such as waste their own selves by throwing suspicion [on His revelations] –