134. " those who spend (benevolently) in ease and in adversity,
and who restrain (their) anger
and pardon (the faults of) men; and allah loves the doers of good."

commentary:
the feature of the pious ones.

in the previous verse, the pious ones are promised the already
prepared eternal heaven, therefore, in this verse, it introduces the
attributes of the pious ones and expresses five splendid human qualities for
them. they are as follows:

1. they spend out in any condition they are in, whether when they
are in ease and welfare or at the time when they are in deprivation and
adversity.

" those who spend (benevolently) in ease and in adversity, ..."

it is worthy to note that here the first outstanding quality of the
pious ones is mentioned `spending'. the reason is that these verses contain
the qualities opposite to those of usurers and oppressors, which were
referred to in the former verses. moreover, spending property and wealth,
especially both in the states of ease and adversity, is the most clear sign of
piety.

2. the third attribute of the pious ones, mentioned here, is that:

"... and who restrain (their) anger... "

3. the forth quality they have is that:

"... and pardon (the faults of) men; ..."

of course, restraining anger is very good but it, singly, is not enough,
because it may not eradicate enmity and grudge from the heart and
thought. in this condition, for dismissing the state of enmity, `restraining
anger' and `pardoning the faults' should gather together.

4. ` their fifth quality is that they are `good doers ', and the lord
loves the doers of good.

"... and allah loves the doers of good."

here, it has referred to a higher degree of pardoning. it is the case
that a person, in spite of receiving wrong, reacts with doing good, (when
the circumstance requires), in order to burn the root of enmity in the
opponent's heart, and to make that person kind to himself.