سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 165
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ ﴿165﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it is He Who has made you generations coming after generations, replacing each other on the earth. And He has raised you in ranks, some above others that He may try you in that which He has bestowed on you. Surely your Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
جَعَلَكُمْ
jaʿalakum
(has) made you
خَلَـٰٓئِفَ
khalāifa
successors
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(of) the earth
وَرَفَعَ
warafaʿa
and raised
بَعْضَكُمْ
baʿḍakum
some of you
فَوْقَ
fawqa
above
بَعْضٍۢ
baʿḍin
others
دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ
darajātin
(in) ranks
لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ
liyabluwakum
so that He may test you
فِى
fī
in
مَآ
mā
what
ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ
ātākum
He has given you
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) the punishment
وَإِنَّهُۥ
wa-innahu
and indeed, He (is)
لَغَفُورٌۭ
laghafūrun
[certainly], Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۢ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
165. 1 That is, by making them rulers and granting them authority. Or, one after another, made them heirs (caliphs) of each other.
165. 2 That is, poverty and wealth, knowledge and ignorance, health and sickness—whatever was given to whom, in that itself is his test.
165. 2 That is, poverty and wealth, knowledge and ignorance, health and sickness—whatever was given to whom, in that itself is his test.
