Sure 4 An-Nisaa — Aya 32
وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ ۖ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا
Und begehrt nicht das, womit Allah die einen von euch vor den anderen ausgezeichnet hat. Die Männer sollen ihren Anteil nach ihrem Verdienst erhalten, und die Frauen sollen ihren Anteil nach ihrem Verdienst erhalten. Und bittet Allah um Seine Huld. Wahrlich, Allah hat vollkommene Kenntnis von allen Dingen.
walā tatamannaw mā faḍḍala l-lahu bihi baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin lilrrijāli naṣībun mimmā ik'tasabū walilnnisāi naṣībun mimmā ik'tasabna wasalū l-laha min faḍlihi inna l-laha kāna bikulli shayin ʿalīman
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- وَلَا walā And (do) not
- تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ tatamannaw covet
- مَا mā what
- فَضَّلَ faḍḍala (has) bestowed
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
- بِهِۦ bihi [with it]
- بَعْضَكُمْ baʿḍakum some of you
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā over
- بَعْضٍۢ ۚ baʿḍin others
- لِّلرِّجَالِ lilrrijāli For men
- نَصِيبٌۭ naṣībun (is) a share
- مِّمَّا mimmā of what
- ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ ۖ ik'tasabū they earned
- وَلِلنِّسَآءِ walilnnisāi and for women
- نَصِيبٌۭ naṣībun (is) a share
- مِّمَّا mimmā of what
- ٱكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ ik'tasabna they earned
- وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ wasalū And ask
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- مِن min of
- فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۗ faḍlihi His bounty
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- كَانَ kāna is
- بِكُلِّ bikulli of every
- شَىْءٍ shayin thing
- عَلِيمًۭا ʿalīman All-Knower
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Do Not Wish for the Things Which Allah has Made Some Others to Excel In
Imam Ahmad recorded that Umm Salamah said, "O Messenger of Allah! Men go to battle, but we do not go to battle, and we earn one-half of the inheritance (that men get)." Allah sent down,
(And wish not for the things in which Allah has made some of you to excel others). At-Tirmidhi also recorded this Hadith. Allah's statement,
(For men there is reward for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward for what they have earned,) indicates, according to Ibn Jarir, that each person will earn his wages for his works, a reward if his deeds are good, and punishment if his deeds are evil. It was also reported that this Ayah is talking about inheritance, indicating the fact that each person will get his due share of the inheritance, as Al-Walibi reported from Ibn `Abbas. Allah then directed the servants to what benefits them,
(and ask Allah of His Bounty.)Therefore, the Ayah states, "Do not wish for what other people were endowed with over you, for this is a decision that will come to pass, and wishing does not change its decree. However, ask Me of My favor and I will grant it to you, for I Am Most Generous and Most Giving." Allah then said,
(Surely, Allah is Ever All-Knower of everything.) meaning, Allah knows who deserves this life, and so He gives him riches, and whoever deserves poverty, He makes him poor. He also knows who deserves the Hereafter, and He directs him to perform the deeds that will help him to be sucessful in it, and whoever deserves failure, He prevents him from achieving righteousness and what leads to it. Hence, Allah said, m
(Surely, Allah is Ever All-Knower of everything).