Thus do We place some sinners over others as requital for their deeds.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (thus we let some of the wrong-doers) the idolaters (have power over others) in the life of this world and in the hereafter; it is also said that this means: we let some of the idolaters have authority over others (because of what they are wont to earn) and say of evil.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : so, just as we let the rebels from among mankind and jinn enjoy one another, we let some of the evildoers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn, of acts of disobedience.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : so, we let some evildoers have power over others because of what they were earning.that is, god, exalted is he, takes revenge on a wrongdoer by means of another wrongdoer, and then he himself takes revenge on them.his words, exalted is he:
