(… يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم ) (O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you …): The question here is what is the relationship between spending on one hand and the saying that the messengers are made to exceed each other in addition to differences on the other hand? It’s the unity of duties of believers. Spending from what Allah (swt) has given you is not just spending money. Allah (swt) gives you not only money, but also knowledge, power, or influence, and you spend from what Allah (swt) gives you, as Ibn Ataillah Asakandari said:

“If Allah (swt) wants to show his, He creates and attributes to you”.

You think that the money is yours; yet, it’s Allah’s (swt), as it’s given and bestowed by Him. In addition, the universal balance between the right and the wrong isn’t possible till those given by Allah (swt) spend on those who are not given. That’s why Allah (swt) says: (O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you.) and says:

{ مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا}

(Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan) (Al-Baqara: 245)

You’re dealing with Allah (swt). Thus, when you give away to the poor, the needy, the impoverished, orphans, people in need and those who are less than you, it’s as if you loaned Allah (swt) who’s created you and them. The treasuries of Allah (swt) are never depleted, and Allah (swt) wants to examine you with what He imposed on you.

(… مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ َ …) (…before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession …): The Doomsday. There are three things everyone enjoys before the Doomsday: exchange, friendship and intercession.

The exchange is to change one thing for another at a set price. This is not possible in the Doomsday, however. Moreover, you won’t have any friendship from which you can benefit:

 {الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ}

(Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous) (Az-Zukhruf: 67)

So, you have to spend before the Doomsday comes when such three things are impossible:

1-    You can’t change one thing for another,

2-    You don’t have friends, or someone who cares about and can help you, and

3-    No one can intercede for you:

 {مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ}

(Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?) (Al Baqara: 255)

(  وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ… ) (And the disbelievers – they are the wrongdoers …): Why are the disbelievers wrongdoers? They have done wrong to themselves and other by their polytheism and disbelief in Allah (swt) as well as their denial of His existence. Thus, they are the wrongdoers. Whoever denies the existence of Allah (swt); doesn’t follow His orders; doesn’t spend from whatever Allah (swt) has provided him; or doesn’t deal with Allah’s creatures as Allah (swt) created them to support each other, is the wrongdoer.