[19]. The different ranks that people will occupy in the Hereafter—whether in Hell or Paradise—will correspond to their deeds. The more good one performs, the higher the rank they will attain in Paradise; the more evil one commits, the more severe their position in Hell will be.
[20] But He gives them respite to reflect and try to mend their ways. That He allows people to go on rebelling against Him is not to be mistaken for any lack of ability.
[21]. It was a pagan heathen ritual to allocate two shares out of their livestock; a share for Allāh to be spent on the poor and needy. and a share for idols to be spent on them. If a portion of Allāh’s share was mixed with that of their idols to be spent on them, they would not deduct it, saying that Allāh is in no need of it. Yet if a portion of their idols’ share fell with that of Allāh’s they would readily take it and add it on to their idols’ share.