ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٣٢

  • أَهُمۡ Do they
  • يَقۡسِمُونَ distribute
  • رَحۡمَتَ (the) Mercy
  • رَبِّكَۚ (of) your Lord
  • نَحۡنُ We
  • قَسَمۡنَا [We] distribute
  • بَيۡنَهُم among them
  • مَّعِيشَتَهُمۡ their livelihood
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ the life
  • ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ (of) the world
  • وَرَفَعۡنَا and We raise
  • بَعۡضَهُمۡ some of them
  • فَوۡقَ above
  • بَعۡضٖ others
  • دَرَجَٰتٖ (in) degrees
  • لِّيَتَّخِذَ so that may take
  • بَعۡضُهُم some of them
  • بَعۡضٗا others
  • سُخۡرِيّٗاۗ (for) service
  • وَرَحۡمَتُ But (the) Mercy
  • رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord
  • خَيۡرٞ (is) better
  • مِّمَّا than what
  • يَجۡمَعُونَ they accumulate
Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.
Is it they who apportion the mercy of your Lord?, [the mercy being] prophethood. We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world, making some of them wealthy and others poor, and raised some of them, in wealth, above others by degrees, so that some of them, who are wealthy, may take others, who are poor, in service, disposed to work for them in return for a wage (the [final] yaa' [in sukhriyyaa] is attributive; a variant reading has sikhriyyan); and the mercy of your Lord, that is, the Paradise, is better than what they amass, in this world.