Allah (swt) tells us about their miserliness and their abstention from any good deed, and if they had a share in the sovereignty and dominion, they would not give anyone anything, even if it was the speck on the back of a date-stone.

 قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ قَتُورًا

(Say [to them], “If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending.” And ever has man been stingy.) (Al-Israa: 100)

Even if they owned the treasure of the mercy of Allah (swt), they would be stingy because they were made to love money, which is their habit, this is exactly what we see from the Jews, the people of the Children of Israel, throughout history. So Allah (swt) makes it clear to all people that the material side is not the criterion, but the criterion is what a person does of good or evil, as explained by Allah (swt) in the following verses:

 فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ % وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

(nd as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.” % But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”) (Al-Fajr: 15-16)

Then the answer to this comes:

 كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ % وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ % وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا % وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

(No! But you do not honor the orphan % And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor. % And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether, % And you love wealth with immense love.) (Al-Fajr: 17-20)

According to these verses, there are four things that are not the criteria. Note the accuracy of the Qur’anic expression, the giving is referred to as a trial, because Allah (swt) wants to see the effect of this blessing on his creation, so if He (swt) distinguishes and favors a person over another or gives him more, he should not think that this is an honor from Allah (swt) for him, on the other hand, if the person is poor, he should not think that Allah (swt) restricts His livelihood to insult him. Therefore, the answer comes as (No!), because the criteria by which humans measure are wrong and inaccurate, so Allah (swt) clarifies that the value of giving is to honor the orphan and encourage giving and feeding the needy, this shows the importance for the Man to be an active element, it is not enough to do good, but rather he must encourage others to give, to spread the justice that Allah (swt) wanted between human beings. Sadly, we find that most of the problems in the society are because of inheritance issues, because there are people who like to consume the money of their relatives. Therefore, we find that Allah (swt) specified inheritance at the beginning of the surah. Allah (swt) at the last-indicated verse, describes the love of money as immense love, because the human is stingy and Allah (swt) wants him to be good with the poor, the needy and the orphans. As such, there was a man who used to pray at nights and always supplicated to Allah (swt) to see the prophet (saws) in his dreams, indeed, he saw himself in a great place, and it is said to him that the Prophet (saws) was coming, but he did not come, instead he heard a sound saying to him, the Prophet (saws) said:

“He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while the neighbor to his side goes hungry.”[1]

Just prayer is not enough, and love without action does not benefit, as they need to be reflected.

[1] Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabeer of At-Tabari, Chapter of the letter (A), Anas Ibn Malek, Hadith No. 751.