The best Bargain

Struck a bargain in the market yesterday? What about getting the best bargain ever possible?

Allah(swt) says;

Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.
Qur’an, chapter 9, At-Taubah, verse 111

So what is this bargain then? We define a bargain where we trade something in return of some advantage. The more we get for lesser we give the better the bargain is! So what about getting an eternal bliss for giving something that is ephemeral and not even ours?

In the same verse, Allah(swt) says;

Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain.

We give our wealth and our lives which, btw, has been given by Allah(swt) and receive in return the most valuable things ever receivable, the Mercy of Allah(swt) and a ticket to the Paradise. So struggle in the way of Allah(swt) and He promises us rewards more than we deserve!

And who is more faithful to his Covenant than Allah?
ibid

(Adapted from the translation of the meanings and Commentary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali)