Ruku 233, Juz 14 (ٱلْرُكوع 233, جزء 14)

١٦ - ٱلنَّحْل

16 - An-Nahl

وَاللہُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلٰي بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ۝۰ۚ فَمَا الَّذِيْنَ فُضِّلُوْا بِرَاۗدِّيْ رِزْقِہِمْ عَلٰي مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُہُمْ فَہُمْ فِيْہِ سَوَاۗءٌ۝۰ۭ اَفَبِنِعْمَۃِ اللہِ يَجْحَدُوْنَ۝۷۱
WaAllahu faddala baAAdakum AAala baAAdin fee alrrizqi fama allatheena fuddiloo biraddee rizqihim AAala ma malakat aymanuhum fahum feehi sawaon afabiniAAmati Allahi yajhadoona

English

Ahmed Ali

God has favoured some of you over others in the means of subsistence. But those who have been favoured with more do not give of their means to their dependents so that they may become equal with them. Do they then deny God's beneficence?

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وَاللہُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجًا وَّجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنِيْنَ وَحَفَدَۃً وَّرَزَقَكُمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِ۝۰ۭ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللہِ ہُمْ يَكْفُرُوْنَ۝۷۲ۙ
WaAllahu jaAAala lakum min anfusikum azwajan wajaAAala lakum min azwajikum baneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina alttayyibati afabialbatili yuminoona wabiniAAmati Allahi hum yakfuroona

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Ahmed Ali

God has provided mates for you of your own kind, and has bestowed on you sons and daughters from your mates, and has given you good things for food. Will they even then believe in the false and deny God's grace?

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وَيَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللہِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَہُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ شَـيْـــًٔـا وَّلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ۝۷۳ۚ
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yamliku lahum rizqan mina alssamawati waalardi shayan wala yastateeAAoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Yet they worship those apart from God who cannot provide for them any sustenance from the heavens or the earth, nor will they have power to do so.

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فَلَا تَضْرِبُوْا لِلہِ الْاَمْثَالَ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۷۴
Fala tadriboo lillahi alamthala inna Allaha yaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

So do not invent similitudes for God. Indeed God knows, and you do not know.

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ضَرَبَ اللہُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوْكًا لَّا يَـقْدِرُ عَلٰي شَيْءٍ وَّمَنْ رَّزَقْنٰہُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَـنًا فَہُوَيُنْفِقُ مِنْہُ سِرًّا وَّجَہْرًا۝۰ۭ ہَلْ يَسْتَوٗنَ۝۰ۭ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلہِ۝۰ۭ بَلْ اَكْثَرُہُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۷۵
Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdan mamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shayin waman razaqnahu minna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

God presents the example of a man who is a hired servant with no power over anything, and another on whom We have bestowed a handsome fortune, who spends from it in private and in public: Can they be equal? Praised be God! But most men do not understand.

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وَضَرَبَ اللہُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ اَحَدُہُمَاۗ اَبْكَمُ لَا يَـقْدِرُ عَلٰي شَيْءٍ وَّہُوَ كَلٌّ عَلٰي مَوْلٰىہُ۝۰ۙ اَيْنَـمَا يُوَجِّہْہُّ لَا يَاْتِ بِخَيْرٍ۝۰ۭ ہَلْ يَسْتَوِيْ ہُوَ۝۰ۙ وَمَنْ يَّاْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ۝۰ۙ وَہُوَعَلٰي صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَــقِيْمٍ۝۷۶ۧ
Wadaraba Allahu mathalan rajulayni ahaduhuma abkamu la yaqdiru AAala shayin wahuwa kallun AAala mawlahu aynama yuwajjihhu la yati bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa waman yamuru bialAAadli wahuwa AAala siratin mustaqeemin

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Ahmed Ali

God presents another example of two men, one dumb and unable to do a thing and is a burden on his master. Wherever he is sent he returns without any good (result). Could he be equal to one who enjoins what is just, and follows the right path?

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