2.38. SILENCE AND REFLECTION (continued)

God says

Q. 2:3. …and (the God-conscious) are constant in prayer, and spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance;***
*** Ar-rizq (“provision of sustenance”) applies to all that may be of benefit to man, whether it be concrete (like food, property, offspring, etc.,) or abstract (like, knowledge, piety etc.). The spending on others is mentioned here in one breath with God-consciousness and prayer because it is precisely in such selfless acts that true piety comes to its full fruition.