AYAT OF THE DAY

 *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