Surah Ar-Rum
ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
Ḍaraba lakum maṡalam min anfusikum, hal lakum mim mā malakat aimānukum min syurakā'a fī mā razaqnākum fa'antum fīhi sawā'un takhāfūnahum kakhīfatikum anfusakum, każālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqaumiy ya‘qilūn(a).
He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.
📝 Footnotes
585) This parable illustrates that a partnership between unequal entities is completely inappropriate, such as between a slave and their master, let alone between a creation and Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He). That is certainly far more inappropriate. 586) You feel afraid because you cannot use what you own without the permission of those slaves.