Transliteration:( Allaahul lazee khalaqa kum summa razaqakum summa yumeetukum summa yuhyeekum hal min shurakaaa'ikum mai yaf'alu min zaalikum min shai'; Sub haanahoo wa Ta'aalaa 'ammaa yushrikoon (section 4) )
87. For your continued existence for the physical existence He has provided outward nourishment and for your spiritual continuance He has provided the inner nourishment of faith and piety He has provided physical nourishment from world fields and gardens while the nourishment of faith has been conveyed from the sacred ground of Madina
88. At the time of the blowing of the Second Trumpet This life is for accumulating deeds while that life would be for the purpose of compensation and retribution This life is transitory, but that life is permanent. This life is physical, but that life is spiritual. That is why mention of death is not made after that life
89. Even in your belief no idol of yours does this work because the infidels of Makkah had accepted Allah Almighty alone as the creator, sustainer and provider of life and death.
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The tafsir of Surah Ar-Rum verse 40 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Rum ayat 38 which provides the complete commentary from verse 38 through 40.
61. From here again the discourse turns to the theme of Tauhid and the Hereafter for the admonition of the disbelievers and the mushriks.
62. That is, “He provided all the various means in the earth for your sustenance and made such arrangements that everyone should receive something from the circulation of the provision.â€
63. That is, “If those whom you have set up as deities can neither create, nor provide sustenance, nor have power over life and death, nor can raise you back to life after death, then what for have you set them up as your deities?â€
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