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On one occasion the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" was delivering the Friday sermon when a caravan arrived and so, as was the custom, drums were beaten to announce its arrival, whereat the people began to leave the mosque [to go to it], all except for twelve men. The following [verse] was then revealed: But when they sight some [opportunity for] business or a diversion, they scatter off towards it, that is, towards the business, since it is what they seek more than diversion, and leave you, during the sermon, standing. Say: 'That which is with Allahu ta’ālā, in the way of reward, is better, for those who believe, than diversion and commerce. And Allahu ta’ālā is the best of providers'. They say that every person 'provides for' (yarzuqu) his dependants, [by which they mean that such a person does so] by means of the provision given by Allahu ta’ālā (min rizqi'llāhi), exalted be He.