“God has bought from the believers their selves and...” (At-Tawbah 9:111)
“God has bought from the believers their selves and...” (At-Tawbah 9:111) إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ “God has bought from the believers their selves and wealth because Paradise is for them.” (At-Tawbah 9:111) The verse above means that God will buy the transient lives and wealth of the believers in return for their eternal rewards in Paradise. Indeed, God wills to buy their souls or lives and wealth to bestow on them Paradise in the Hereafter in return. There is a significant point here worth mentioning. Although, as stated above in interpreting verse 🍒9:20, the Qur’ān usually mentions wealth prior to life or the soul, in this verse 🚸9:111 life comes before wealth. This is because life is more important than the wealth for human beings in the Hereafter. Wealth that has gained value by being used in God’s cause comes after the life or soul sacrificed for God’s sake. Clearly, if one cannot enter Paradise, what signif...