Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 32 (43:32)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ …

Quran 43:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 491 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:32
أَهُمْيَقْسِمُونَرَحْمَتَرَبِّكَ ۚنَحْنُقَسَمْنَابَيْنَهُممَّعِيشَتَهُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۚوَرَفَعْنَابَعْضَهُمْفَوْقَبَعْضٍدَرَجَٰتٍلِّيَتَّخِذَبَعْضُهُمبَعْضًاسُخْرِيًّا ۗوَرَحْمَتُرَبِّكَخَيْرٌمِّمَّايَجْمَعُونَ٣٢
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

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.(32)

Word by word

  1. أَهُمْahumDo they
  2. يَقْسِمُونَyaqsimūnadistribute
  3. رَحْمَتَraḥmata(the) Mercy
  4. رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika(of) your Lord
  5. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  6. قَسَمْنَاqasamnā[We] distribute
  7. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumamong them
  8. مَّعِيشَتَهُمْmaʿīshatahumtheir livelihood
  9. فِىfīin
  10. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  11. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
  12. وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raise
  13. بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of them
  14. فَوْقَfawqaabove
  15. بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
  16. دَرَجَٰتٍdarajātin(in) degrees
  17. لِّيَتَّخِذَliyattakhidhaso that may take
  18. بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
  19. بَعْضًاbaʿḍanothers
  20. سُخْرِيًّا ۗsukh'riyyan(for) service
  21. وَرَحْمَتُwaraḥmatuBut (the) Mercy
  22. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  23. خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) better
  24. مِّمَّاmimmāthan what
  25. يَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūnathey accumulate

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