73 Preface وَيَعبُدونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ما لا يَملِكُ لَهُم رِزقًا مِنَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ شَيئًا وَلا يَستَطيعونَYusuf AliAnd worship others than God,- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance,1 with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power?“Sustenance” (rizq) in all this passage (16:65-74), as elsewhere, implies all that is necessary for man’s life and growth, physical, mental and spiritual. Milk, fruit, and honey are examples of physical gifts, with a metaphorical reference to mental and moral health; family life is an example of moral and social and (ultimately) spiritual opportunities in the life of man; and in 16:65 is an example of rain in the physical world as a type of God’s revelation in the spiritual world.