The Holy Quran 6:165 — Surah Al-An'am

Arabic text

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ

Translation

He is the One Who placed you as successors (of each other, to implement Allaah's laws) on earth and elevated (raised) some of you above others in ranks to test you (by your talents, morals, qualities, wealth) in what He has given you (so that it may be clear who are the obedient ones, and who the disobedient ones). Verily your Rabb is Swift in punishing (the disobedient) and indeed He is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful (towards the obedient).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Man is the vicegerent of Allah: that is, Allah made you His vicegerents on earth, so that you, using the powers He has given you, exercise all manner of authority; or He made you successors of one another, so that when one nation departs, another takes its place.

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