The Love of Giving

“By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give (freely) of that which you love, and whatever you give, truly God knows it well.”
Qur’an 3:92

Love is giving, and real love, true love, radical love is the giving of that which you love. In Qur’an, the path to righteousness is called the steep path, which is the practice of feeding the hungry, honoring the orphan, aiding the destitute down in the dust, and liberating the enslaved from whatever is oppressing them. Prophet Muhammed said, “You will recognize the believers in their having mercy for one another, and in their love for one another, and in their kindness towards one another; like the body, when one member of it ails, the entire body ails.” Our city is hurting.

We must feel the pain of the thousands and thousands of Atlantans without shelter, food, employment, and security, and we must do whatever we can to relieve somebody’s agony and suffering as if it was our own, because it is. Let each of us do more than what we have done, and may the best of us give freely of that which we love.

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.

that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.”
Kahill Gibran

submitted by Imam Plemon T. El-Amin