وَهُوَ الَّذِى جَعَلَکُمْ خَلَـئِفَ الاَْرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَکُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْض دَرَجَـت لِّیَبْلُوَکُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَـکُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّکَ سَرِیعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِیمٌ (165) 165- AND IT IS HE WHO HAS APPOINTED YOU VICEROIES IN THE EARTH, AND RAISED SOME OF YOU IN RANK ABOVE SOME OTHER, THAT HE MAY TRY YOU IN WHAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU.
VERILY YOUR LORD IS SWIFT IN RETRIBUTION, AND HE IS THE COMPASSIONATE FORGIVER.