FususAlHikam

To continue, the word fuqara comes in the Holy Quran and we are all aware of this. This faqeeri, faqr, is not just about poverty in wealth. You can say that its understanding can start at understanding our poverty in wealth. So let us start there.

You are as poor and penniless now as you were the day you were born. This is a fact and reality. A faqeer has complete realization of this. You never were a possessor of even a penny, not the day you were born, not now. How can you claim ...