*AYAT OF THE DAY*
*Do Not Wish for the Things which Allah has Made Some Others to Excel.... Ask Allah....4.32*
*وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوۡا مَا فَضَّلَ اللّٰهُ بِهٖ بَعۡضَكُمۡ عَلٰى بَعۡضٍ ؕ لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيۡبٌ مِّمَّا اكۡتَسَبُوۡا ؕ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيۡبٌ مِّمَّا اكۡتَسَبۡنَ ؕ وَسۡئَـلُوا اللّٰهَ مِنۡ فَضۡلِهٖ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ عَلِيۡمًا*
*(4:32) Do not covet what Allah has conferred more abundantly on some of you than others.*
*Men shall have a share according to what they have earned, and women shall have a share according to what they have earned. Do ask of Allah His bounty. Allah has full knowledge of everything*
📍 _This verse embodies a very important directive, Allah ﷻ has not created all men alike..._
★ Some are handsome while others are ugly.
★ Some have sound limbs others have inherent deformities.
★ Some possess outstanding physical and mental abilities while others lack them.
★ Some are born in favourable circumstances and others not.
★ Some have been endowed with more resources than others.
_*It is this diversity which gives 【variety to human civilization】, and hence serves a useful purpose.*_
💥 Whenever man superimposes distinctions of his own over and above this natural inequality he disrupts the natural order of things, and paves the way for corruption.
💥 Likewise, when anyone attempts to obliterate all differences between human beings he in fact engages in a war against nature and inflicts wrongs of another kind.
_*Man is naturally inclined to feel uneasy whenever he sees someone else ahead of him. This is the root of jealousy and envy*_
★ _These feelings often obsess a person to such a degree that whenever fair means do not prove effective, he resorts to unfair means to achieve his ambitions._
✨ _In the present verse, Allah ﷻ directs us not to allow this kind of mentality to take hold of us and yearn for the good that Allah ﷻ has bestowed on others.... rather pray to Allah ﷻ to bestow upon one the good which is in one's best interests according to Allah's wisdom and knowledge._
_💕Imam Ahmad and tirmidhi recorded that Umm Salamah said_
_*“O Messenger of Allah ﷺ ! Men go to battle, but we do not go to battle, and we earn one-half of the inheritance (that men get).”*_
Allah ﷻ sent down
*وَلاَ تَتَمَنَّوْاْ مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ*
*“And wish not for the things in which Allah has made some of you to excel others….”*
*لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا اكْتَسَبُواْ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ*
*“…For men there is reward for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward for what they have earned…”*
★ Allah ﷻ then directed the servants to what benefits them
*وَاسْأَلُواْ اللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِ*
*“…and ask Allah of His Bounty…”*
Therefore, the Ayah states...
_“Do not wish for what other people were endowed with over you However, ask Me of My favor and I will grant it to you, for I Am Most Generous and Most Giving.”_
★ It 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
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