And those who kept prepared the home and the belief before them, such are loving the ones who migrated to them and are not having any desire in their chests for what is given to them, even though they themselves are suffering the difficulty of inconvenience; whoever abstains from the covetousness of the soul, such are the prosperous.
That means the poor from the ‘Ansarees’ at Medina who accepted the Migrants from Mecca also have a right to such wealth. Even though they were suffering many inconveniences themselves, they were ready to provide convenience to the Muhajirs (migrants); for that, they didn’t expect any reward from anyone except the pleasure and reward of Allah. Whoever, by identifying themselves with the Lord, and the aim of life, utilizing Adhikr—the Food, Cloth, and Sight of the human soul—and giving preference to his brother over himself, he only will become prosperous. The one in a thousand believer who is free from the covetousness of the soul, niggardliness, selfishness, etc., only becomes prosperous. Verse 64: 16 also ends as: ‘whoever abstains from the covetousness of the soul, such are the prosperous’. See explanation 2: 177; 4: 128; 39: 41-42; and 49: 10.