الآية رقم (268) - الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْفَحْشَاء وَاللّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلاً وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

(268) - (Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing..)

Satan threatens you with poverty because it calls you to keep the money and not to spend it, have usury and get money from here and there.

( يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ ) (…threatens you with poverty ): This is the outcome of the above: you are empty handed; this has been stated earlier in the story of the garden that’s hit by a whirlwind and got burnt. In all, Satan threatens you with poverty, both in this life and in the afterlife.

( وَاللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ ) (…while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him ): Allah (swt) hasn’t said that He promises you provision because Allah’s provision is a bounty by Him rather than a matter of justice for you. Why it’s ‘forgiveness?’ Help your brothers and sisters; this is the way you should treat people so that the Almighty forgives you. It’s a very important social issue; a social treatment based on the noblest values and morals that boost social solidarity and the consolidation of the society and the nation.

( وَفَضْلًا ) (…And bounty ): All the treasures of earth can never be equivalent to Allah’s bounty:

{ قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ}

(Say, “In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy – in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.”) (Yunus: 58)