Once we are in shame, we often fall into despair. We may believe we are not worthy of Allah’s love and mercy and forgiveness. And then we give up on trying to attain Allah’s pleasure and nearness, ultimately because we feel we don’t deserve it. And so in ayah 2: 268, Allah contrasts this plot of shaytan, which uses fear and indecency, with Allah’s mercy and bounty and abundance. The antidote for shame is mercy and compassion. The antidote for scarcity/fear of poverty is abundance and God’s bounty and grace.