Quran 43:32 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Are they the ones who share out your Lord’s grace? We are the ones who give them their share of livelihood in this world and We have raised some of them above others in rank, so that some may take others into service: your Lord’s grace is better than anything they accumulate.
أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbika naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā warafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātin liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukh'riyyan waraḥmatu rabbika khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, is it they who divide the mercy of the Lord? We have divided between them their livelihood in the present life, and raised some of them above others in rank, that some of them may take others in servitude; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than that they amass.
- Muhammad Asad
- But is it they who distribute thy Sustainer’s grace? [Nay, as] it is We who distribute their means of livelihood among them in the life of this world, and raise some of them by degrees above others, to the end that they might avail themselves of one another’s help - [so, too, it is We who bestow gifts of the spirit upon whomever We will]: and this thy Sustainer’s grace is better than all [the worldly wealth] that they may amass.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَهُمْahum | Do they | — |
| 2 | يَقْسِمُونَyaqsimūna | distribute | قسم |
| 3 | رَحْمَتَraḥmata | (the) Mercy | رحم |
| 4 | رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 6 | قَسَمْنَاqasamnā | [We] distribute | قسم |
| 7 | بَيْنَهُمbaynahum | among them | بين |
| 8 | مَّعِيشَتَهُمْmaʿīshatahum | their livelihood | عيش |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 11 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 12 | وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnā | and We raise | رفع |
| 13 | بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahum | some of them | بعض |
| 14 | فَوْقَfawqa | above | فوق |
| 15 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 16 | دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin | (in) degrees | درج |
| 17 | لِّيَتَّخِذَliyattakhidha | so that may take | أخذ |
| 18 | بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 19 | بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍan | others | بعض |
| 20 | سُخْرِيًّۭا ۗsukh'riyyan | (for) service | سخر |
| 21 | وَرَحْمَتُwaraḥmatu | But (the) Mercy | رحم |
| 22 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 23 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 24 | مِّمَّاmimmā | than what | — |
| 25 | يَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūna | they accumulate | جمع |