Feeding Others
Among the charges read against the doomed: he never urged the feeding of the poor — even silence about hunger is indicted.
Qur'anic Reference \u00b7 Al-Haqqah 69:33–34
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
English Translation
\u201cIndeed, he did not believe in Allah, the Magnificent, nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.\u201d
Bengali Translation
\u201cনিশ্চয়ই সে মহান আল্লাহর প্রতি ঈমান আনত না, এবং মিসকিনকে খাওয়াতে উৎসাহিত করত না।\u201d
The moral, reflection, and application sections below are educational guidance inspired by the cited verse — they are not a translation or an authoritative tafsir.
Primary Moral
A hungry neighbour is your business — feed, and get others feeding too.
Why This Matters
On the scale of the Last Day, the verse weighs two things together: faith in Allah and food for the poor — creed and bread, side by side. And the charge is not merely 'he did not feed' but 'he did not urge': in the Qur'an's ethic, hunger anywhere makes advocates obligatory everywhere.
Reflection
The word yahuddu — to urge — extends the duty beyond the wealthy: the one with no bread to give still has a tongue to advocate, hands to cook, feet to deliver. Neglect of the hungry is diagnosed here as a symptom of a heart that has not truly grasped the Magnificence of Allah — for whoever reveres the Creator cannot ignore His starving creatures.
Real-Life Application
Adopt a feeding rhythm your budget can sustain — one worker's lunch weekly, a sack of rice monthly, a share in a food drive. Then fulfil the verse's second command: invite two others to join, and make urging as habitual as giving.
Reflection Question
When did you last personally place food in a hungry hand — and when did you last recruit someone else to?
Action for Today
Feed one hungry person today — and invite one friend or family member to match it.
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Keywords
- feeding
- hunger
- poor
- charity
- advocacy
- miskin
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