61. Sura as-Saff, Medina 109

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى تِجَارَةٍ تُنجِيكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿١٠﴾

61-10. O ye who believe!

shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty? --

C5443. Tijarat: bargain, trade, traffic, transaction: something given or done, in return for something which we desire to get.

What we give or do on our part is described in verse 11 below, and what we get is described in verse 12.

It is truly a wonderful bargain: what we are asked to give is so little; what we are promised in return is so much. There comes Allah's unbounded Bounty and Munificence.

Cf. also 9:111, where the bargain is stated in another way.

تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ ...

61-11. - That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger,

- and that ye strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons:

... ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١١﴾

that will be best for you, if ye but knew!