Al-Qalam 68:22
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Go Early to Your Crop
أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ ٢٢
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“Go early to your crop if you would harvest.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, there were two errors in this: they said “your crop” as if they alone had grown it, and then they resolved to deprive the poor.
Reflect
Don’t forget that your earnings come from Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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