Allah The Exalted — Page 84
8 76 (Part Number: 25) This means that: The disbelievers say why was this Qur’ a n not revealed to some chieftain or wealthy person- age of Mecca or Ta ’if so that it should have suited his eminence and by virtue of his dignity and his statesman- ship and his spending his money, the faith could have spread speedily? Why was a person selected for this hon- our, who is poor and has no property? To these the retort is: 77 Is it for them to distribute the mercies of the Eternal Lord? That is to say, it is the doing of the All-Wise that He lim- ited the faculties and capacities of some as they became involved in the appendages of this world and took pride in being called chieftains and wealthy and rich and forgot the true object of existence. On others, He bestowed spiritual graces and holy excellences and they became the favourites of the True Beloved through their devotion to His love. Then follows the explanation that: 78 God has made some rich and some poor, some with fine qualities and others dull, some inclined to one occupation and others to another, so as to make it easy for some to serve others and to cooperate with them in order that responsibility might be shared and human affairs might 76 al-Zukhruf, 43:32-33 [Publisher] 77 Ibid. 78 Ibid.