God says
He it is who has made you inherit the earth,* and has raised some of you by degree above others, so that He might try you by means of what He has bestowed upon you.**
Verily, thy sustainer is swift in retribution: yet, behold, He is indeed much- forgiving, most gracious. -- Q.6: 165
*Lit., a “successor” or a “vice-gerent”.
**Lit., by way of character, strength, knowledge, social position, wealth etc.
….Indeed, He does not love those who transgress the bound of what is right: Q.7:55
….verily, God’s grace is ever near unto the doers of good! -- Q.7: 56
….Verily, that which is with God is by far the best for you, if you but knew it: all that is with you is bound to come to an end, whereas that which is with God is everlasting. ---- Q.16:95,96
Prophet said
“God said: On the Resurrection Day I will be the opponent of Three (kinds of) persons: a man who in My name gave the trust and then broke it; a man who sold a free person and enjoyed the price; and a man who engaged a labour, got the work completed but did not pay his wages” -- Hadis-e-Qudsi Bukhari. N:Abu Hurairah.
“Pay the labourer his wages before his sweat dry’s up” -- H: Ibn Majah. N: ‘Abdullah.b.Omar.
