سورة العنكبوت

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): The Arabs used to kill their children out of fear of hunger. For this reason Allah has said: We provide sustenance for you and for them (An'am/151).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Ibn Umar said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) until we reached the side of the wall of one of the Ansar. The Prophet was picking up dates from the ground and eating them, and he said to me: "Ibn Umar! Why are you not eating?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have no appetite." He said: "But I have desire and appetite; this is the fourth morning that I have not eaten anything. If I wished, I would have asked my Lord to grant me the like of the kingdom of Khusraw and Caesar. And how will it be with you, O son of Umar, when you live with people who store up a year's provision for themselves because their certainty is weak?" By Allah, we had not yet moved from that place when this verse was revealed: وَ کَأَیِّنْ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ لا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا اللهُ یَرْزُقُها وَ إِیَّاکُمْ وَ هُوَ السَّمِیعُ الْعَلِیمُ [And how many a living creature that does not carry its sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing].