An-Nahl 16:96 ما عندكم ينفد وما عند الله باق ولنجزين الذين صبروا اجرهم باحسن ما كانوا يعملون ٩٦
مَا
عِندَكُمۡ
يَنفَدُ
وَمَا
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
بَاقٖۗ
وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
صَبَرُوٓاْ
أَجۡرَهُم
بِأَحۡسَنِ
مَا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
٩٦
Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allâh (of good deeds) will remain. And those who are patient, We will certainly pay them a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do1.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
(And had Allah willed, He would have made you) meaning - O mankind,
أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً
((all) one nation,) This is like the Ayah:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيع
…If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
(And had Allah willed, He would have ma
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