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An-Nahl 16:75

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۞ 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

Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Example of the Believer and the Disbeliever, or the Idol and the True God

Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "This is the example which Allah gives of the disbeliever and the believer." This was also the view of Qatadah and Ibn Jarir. The servant who has no power over anything is like the disbeliever, and the one who is given good provisions and spends of them secretly and openly is like the believer. Ibn Abi Najih reported that Mujahid said: "This is an example given of the idol and the True God - can they be the same" Once the difference between them is so clear and so obvious, no one can be unaware of it except the one who is foolish. Allah says: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ(All the praises and thanks are to Allah. Nay! (But) most of them know not.)

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In the first of the two examples given in the last two verses, the description is that of a master and a slave, that is, the owner and the owned. By giving this example, it is being said: When these two, despite being from the same genus and the same kind, cannot be equal to each other, how then could you equate someone or something created by Allah with Him?

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

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؟ الحمد لله وحده، فهو المستحق للحمد والثناء، بل أكثر المشركين لا يعلمون أن الحمد والنعمة لله، وأنه وحده المستحق للعبادة.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

قال العوفي ، عن ابن عباس : هذا مثل ضربه الله للكافر والمؤمن : وكذا قال قتادة ، واختاره ابن جرير .والعبد المملوك الذي لا يقدر على شيء مثل الكافر ، والمرزوق الرزق الحسن فهو ينفق منه سرا وجهرا هو المؤمن .وقال ابن أبي نجيح ، عن مجاهد : هو مثل مضروب للوثن وللحق تعالى ، فهل يستوي هذا وهذا ؟ولما كان الفرق ما بينهما بينا واضحا ظاهرا لا يجهله إلا كل غبي ، قال [ الله ] تعالى : ( الحمد لله بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون ) [ ثم قال الله تعالى ]

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