> Baghdad In No Particular Order
Gift from He'be and Du'a
Perhaps we may point out a conclusion that is both sociological and practical. The famous Sourate LXIV, 'mutual disappointment' (the Last Judgement) given to Mohammed at Mecca, says of God:
  1. Your wealth and your children are your temptation, whilst God holds in reserve a magnificent reward.
  2. Fear God with all your might; listen and obey, give alms (sadaqa) in your own interest. He who is on his guard against his avarice will be happy.
  3. If you make a generous loan to God, he will pay you back double; he will forgive you because he is grateful and longsuffering.
  4. He knows things visible and invisible, he is the one powerful and wise.
    -- Marcel Mauss, The Gift, PG78