یَـأَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُبْطِلُواْ صَدَقَـاتِکُم بِالْمَنِ وَالاَْذَى کَالَّذِی یُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَآءَ النَّاسِ وَلاَ یُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْیَوْمِ الاَْخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ کَمَثَلِ صَفْوَان عَلَیْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَکَهُ صَلْداً لاَّیَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَیء مِمّا کَسَبُواْ وَاللهُ لاَ یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الْکَـافِرِینَ(( 264 ))

264- O, YOU WHO BELIEVE! DO NOT MAR YOUR ALMS-GIVING WITH REMINDER OF YOUR GENEROSITY, AND WITH INJURY - LIKE HIM WHO SPENDS HIS WEALTH FOR SHOWING TO PEOPLE (IN PRETENCE) AND DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY. SO HIS PARABLE IS THE PARABLE OF A PIECE OF STONE ON WHICH IS A (THIN LAYER OF) SOIL. (IN WHICH SOME SEEDS ARE SOWED) THEN A HEAVY RAIN FALLS UPON IT, LEAVING IT BARE. (WASHING IT OUT) THEY SHALL GAIN NOTHING FROM THEIR WORKS. AND ALLAH DOES NOT GUIDE THE UNBELIEVING PEOPLE.

وَمَثَلُ الَّذِینَ یُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللهِ وَتَثْبِیتاً مِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ کَمَثَلِ جَنَّةِ بِرَبْوَة أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَـَاتَتْ أُکُلَهَا ضِعْفَیْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ یُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ وَاللهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِیرٌ(( 265 ))

265- AND THE LIKENESS OF THOSE WHO EXPEND THEIR WEALTH, SEEKING TO PLEASE ALLAH AND TO CONFIRM THEMSELVES; IS AS THE LIKENESS OF A GARDEN ON AN ELEVATED GROUND (THAT SUNLIGHT, FRESH AIR, AND RAINFALLS, REACH IT EASILY) UPON WHICH HEAVY RAIN FALLS, AND IT BRINGS FORTH ITS PRODUCE TWOFOLD. EVEN IF NO RAIN FALL ON IT, IS WATERED BY LIGHT MOISTURE, AND ALLAH SEES WHATEVER YOU DO.