THE RESTRAINER
THE WITHHOLDER
He who constricts, restricts and gives want.
“Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that GIVES (you) WANT or plenty, and to Him shall be your return.”
(2:245) The Holy Quran
From the root q-b-d which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to take in the hand, clutch, lay hold of to grasp, grip, seize, hold firmly to have absolute ownership of something (hold in the hand) to give and take (hand over and take in hand), barter to contract, shrink, draw together, collect together to draw in (as a bird contracting a wing) to withhold, make scanty, make scarce to contract the heart, i.e. distress, depression, lack of joy
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