Now, it is important to examine and analyze the following...
Now, it is important to examine and analyze the following Qur’anic verse that talks about self-destruction, well-known as “the Verse of Self-destruction” [ ayah al-tahlukah ].
Allah, the Exalted says, وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبيلِ اللهِ وَلا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْديکُمْ إِلَي التَّهْلُکَة وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللهَ يحِبُّ المُحْسِنينَ “And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves into perdition by your own hands, and do good to others, surely Allah loves the doers of good.” [^9] Response Responding to this objection, we say, Firstly, this verse cited as evidence pertains to charity (and spend in the…
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