The Holy Quran 16:75 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوكًا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَـٰهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

Allaah gives the example of (two persons, the one being) a slave in bondage who has no power to do anything (because everything has to be done with the permission of his master). Another (the second person) is one (a free person) whom Allaah has granted a good provision and he spends from it secretly and openly (as he pleases without needing permission from anyone. The slave symbolises the gods that the Mushrikeen worship, who have no power to do anything without Allaah's will. Allaah's example is like the second person because He is at liberty to do as He pleases). Can the two be equal? (Certainly not.) All praise be to Allaah (because He deserves all types of praise), but most people (the Kuffaar) do not know.

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

ضرب الله مثلا بيَّن فيه فساد عقيدة أهل الشرك: رجلا مملوكًا عاجزًا عن التصرف لا يملك شيئًا، ورجلا آخر حرًا، له مال حلال رزَقَه الله به، يملك التصرف فيه، ويعطي منه في الخفاء والعلن، فهل يقول عاقل بالتساوي بين الرجلين؟ فكذلك الله الخالق المالك المتصرف لا يستوي مع خلقه وعبيده، فكيف تُسَوُّون بينهما؟

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