And he -saww said: ‘Allah -azwj did not Reveal to me -saww that I -saww should amass the wealth and be from the traders, but He -azwj Revealed to me -saww that I -saww should Glorify with the Praise of your Lord and become from the prostrating ones [15:98] And worship your Lord until there comes to you certainty [15:99] ’’.
[14] Comparing one with the rich and being ungrateful for adequacy: تفسير القمي وَ لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلى ما مَتَّعْنا بِهِ أَزْواجاً مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ وَ رِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَ أَبْقى Tafseer Al-Qummi – And do not extend your eyes towards what We have Provided with spouses from them, being a blossom of the life of the world in order to Try them regarding it; and Grace of your Lord is better and more lasting [20:131] .
Abu Abdullah -asws , may the Salawaat of Allah -azwj be upon him -asws said: ‘When this Verse was Revealed, Rasool-Allah -saww sat up straight.
Then he -saww said: ‘One who is not consoled by the Consolation of Allah -azwj his soul will be cut with regrets, and the one whose sight pursues what is in the hands of the people, his worries would be prolonged, and his rage will not be healed, and the one who does not recognise a bounty of Allah -azwj upon him except in food and drink, his term would be shortened and his Punishment would be drawn near’’.
[15] Poverty is the Greatest Death: 45- ل، الخصال الْأَرْبَعُمِائَةِ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْفَقْرُ هُوَ الْمَوْتُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ قَالَ ع لَا تُحَقِّرُوا ضُعَفَاءَ إِخْوَانِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنِ احْتَقَرَ مُؤْمِناً لَمْ يَجْمَعِ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتُوبَ. (The Hadeeth) ‘Al Arbamiya’ – ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The poverty, it is the greatest death’.