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wa-huwa lladhī ʾanshaʾa jannātin maʿrūshātin wa-ghayra maʿrūshātin wa-n-nakhla wa-z-zarʿa mukhtalifan ʾukuluhū wa-z-zaytūna wa-r-rummāna mutashābihan wa-ghayra mutashābihin kulū min thamarihī ʾidhā ʾathmara wa-ʾātū ḥaqqahū yawma ḥaṣādihī wa-lā tusrifū ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu l-musrifīna
It is He who produces gardens trellised and without trellises, and palm-trees and crops of diverse produce, olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of its fruits when it fructifies, and give its due on the day of harvest, and do not be wasteful; indeed, He does not like the wasteful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 141
141. "And He it is Who produces gardens trellised and untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of diverse flavor, and the olive and the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat of its fruit when it fructifies, and give its due on the day of harvest, and do not act extravagantly; verily He does not love the extravagant (ones)."
In this verse, Allah, the Glorified, refers to the creation of gardens, vineyards, and tithes. The verse begins as follows:
The Arabic term /ma'rusat/ (trellised) points to those tall bushes which are supported on trellis-work, while the term /qayra ma'rusat/ means those bushes which have not any trellis-work and spread on the ground.
The Lord has brought forth the date-palms and farming which contain of fruits and products with various colors, tastes, masses, and smells.
Allah created the trees of olive and pomegranate while some of them are similar to others in view points of taste, color, and mass, and some of them are not.
The purpose of this phrase is that from the beginning time of the reappearance of the fruit, its eating is permissible. None should doubt that it is not allowed to consume it before the fruit fructifies or the time of picking it off comes.
When the time of harvest comes and you gather the product, you should pay its due. The objective meaning of the Qur'anic term /haqq/ here is some bandles of harvested corps and those handfuls of fruits that farmers and gardeners usually give in charity to the poor. This meaning has been narrated from the immaculate Imams. Some other commentators have said that the purpose of this part of the verse is the poor-due which contains of one tenth or half of it (one twentieth). The aim of this commandment is that this alms giving should not be postponed from the first possible time.
When you give things in charity do not act extravagantly, in a manner, that you give the entire product in charity and do not keep anything for your own family members.