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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nisa 4:32

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وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ ۖ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا

And do not wish for that by which Allāh has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allāh of His bounty. Indeed Allāh is ever, of all things, Knowing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولا تتمنوا ما فضَّل الله به بعضكم على بعض، في المواهب والأرزاق وغير ذلك، فقد جعل الله للرجال نصيبًا مقدَّرًا من الجزاء بحسب عملهم، وجعل للنساء نصيبًا مما عملن، واسألوا الله الكريم الوهاب يُعْطِكم من فضله بدلا من التمني. إن الله كان بكل شيء عليمًا، وهو أعلم بما يصلح عباده فيما قسمه لهم من خير.

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