﴿ كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴾

“But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,”

�Not so!���I did not try him with wealth to honour him (karāma), nor did I try him with poverty to make him despicable to Me (hawān)�. It has been related that Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī, who was fasting on returning home to his family after the night prayer, said: �Give me some supper.� They answered that they did not have anything to give him for supper. He asked, �Why are you sitting in the dark?� They replied, �We don�t have any oil with which to light the lamp.�He said:Then he wept for joy and continued to do so until morning saying, �O God! Does someone like me get left without supper and without light? O Master, which of my hands was responsible for this?� His words, Exalted is He: