The Holy Quran 43:32 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

Translation

Do they distribute (allocate) the mercy (Prophethood) of your Rabb? (Do they have a choice in selecting who Allaah's Rasool should be?) (With regard to worldly matters,) We distribute their livelihood among them in this worldly life and (thereby) elevate (raise) the ranks of some of them above others so that they may derive (take) benefit from each other (by being interdependent). (When this is the state of affairs concerning worldly matters,) The mercy of your Rabb (Prophethood, which is related to the Aakhirah,) is better than what (wealth) they amass. (It is therefore Allaah's right to decide who receives the mantle of Prophethood.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, has the distribution of the offices of prophethood and messengership been placed in your hands, that you argue about the choice? The distribution of livelihood: that is, He made one rich and another poor. To one He gave countless wealth, to another less than that. One is a follower, another is followed.

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