Praise be to Allah whom refusal to give away and stinginess do not make rich and Whom
munificence and generosity do not make poor, although everyone who gives away loses (to
that extent) except He, and every miser is blamed for his niggardliness.
He obliges through beneficial bounties and plentiful gifts and grants. The whole creation is
His dependants (in sustenance)(2). He has guaranteed their livelihood and ordained their
sustenance. He has prepared the way for those who turn to Him and those who seek what is
with Him. He is as generous about what He is asked as He is about that for which He is not
asked. He is the First for whom there was no 'before' so that there could be anything before
Him