Overall meaning : Allah Almighty addresses all mankind, saying: It is Allah alone who created you when you were nothing, then He will cause you to die. Some among you have their lives prolonged to abject old age, having their physical and mental strength decreased so much so that what they once knew they will know no more. He concludes the verse by stressing His perfect knowledge and absolute power: Allah is All-knowing, All-powerful.
Allah then mentions the differences between people regarding their livelihoods: Allah has given some of you more provision in this life than others. Some of you are rich and some are poor. Some are wealthy and free, while some others are slaves with no wealth whatsoever. The free who are wealthy would not share their wealth with those slaves in their possession, making them their equal partners. If they are not content to share with them some of what Allah has provided for them, why are they content, then, to associate partners with their Lord and worship them besides Him?! Will they, then deny Allah’s grace and bounty by assigning partners to Him, worshipping them besides Him and using His favours as a means of disobeying Him?!
The Almighty mentions yet another of the countless blessings He has bestowed upon mankind: Allah, too, has created for you spouses from your own kind so that you may find comfort in them, has given you through them children and from their offspring grandchildren who hasten to help and serve you, and has provided you with lawful provisions and good wholesome food. Will they, then, believe in falsehood by worshipping false deities besides Allah and showing ingratitude to Him despite the innumerable favours He has bestowed upon them?!