Sourate Ar-Ra'd · سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ · Juz 13
Q 13:26
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعٌ
Traductions
Allah étend largement Ses dons ou [les] restreint à qui Il veut. Ils se réjouissent de la vie sur terre, mais la vie d'ici-bas ne paraîtra que comme une jouissance éphémère en comparaison de l'au-delà.Allah extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.Tafsir
Allah accorde une large subsistance à qui Il veut parmi Ses serviteurs et en prive certains autres, sachant qu’une large subsistance n’est pas une preuve de bonheur ou une preuve qu’Allah aime celui qui en bénéficie, ni qu’une subsistance restreinte n’est une preuve de malédiction. Les mécréants se réjouissent du bas monde et s’y abandonnent alors que comparée à l’au-delà, la vie ici-bas n’est qu’une jouissance dérisoire et passagère.
Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))
Allah increases the provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world compared to the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment (26)
Increase and Decrease in Provision is in Allah's Hand
Allah states that He alone increases the provisions for whom He wills and decreases it for whom He wills, according to His wisdom and perfect justice. So, when the disbelievers rejoice with the life of the present world that was given to them, they do not know that they are being tested and tried. Allah said in other Ayat,
أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ - نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ ۚ بَل لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ
(Do they think that in wealth and children with which We enlarge them, We hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not.)[23:55-56] Allah belittled the life of the present world in comparison to what He has prepared for His believing servants in the Hereafter,
وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَاعٌ
(whereas the life of this world compared to the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.) Allah said in other Ayat,
قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
(Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is (far) better for him who has Taqwa, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly even equal to the amount of a Fatila.)[4:77] and,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا - وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
(Nay, you prefer the life of this world, although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.)[87:16-17] Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Mustawrid, from Bani Fihr, said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إصْبَعَهُ هَذِهِ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ تَرْجِعُ
(The life of the present world, compared to the Hereafter, is just like when one of you inserts his finger in the sea, so let him contemplate how much of it will it carry.) and he pointed with the index finger. Imam Muslim also collected this Hadith in his Sahih. In another Hadith, the Prophet ﷺ passed by a dead sheep, whose ears were small, and said,
وَاللهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَى أَهْلِهِ حِينَ أَلْقَوهُ
(By Allah! The life of this present world is as insignificant to Allah as this sheep was to its owners when they threw it away.)
Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net