This dunya in comparison to the hereafter

Increase and Decrease in Provision is in Allah's Hand

﴿اللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَقَدِرُ وَفَرِحُواْ بِالْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَـعٌ ﴾ (26. Allah increases the provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world compared to the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.)

Allah states that He alone increases the provisions for whom He wills and decreases it for whom He wills, according to His wisdom and perfect justice. So, when the disbelievers rejoice with t he life of the present world that was given to them, they do not know that they are being tested and tried. Allah said in other Ayat, ﴿أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُمْ بِهِ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ - نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِى الْخَيْرَتِ بَل لاَّ يَشْعُرُونَ ﴾ (Do they think that in wealth and children with which We enlarge them. We hasten unto them with good things. Nay, but they perceive not.)﴿23:55-56﴾ Allah belittled the life of the present world in comparison to what He has prepared for His believing servants in the Hereafter, ﴿وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَـعٌ﴾ (whereas the life of this world compared to the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.) Allah said in other Ayat, ﴿قُلْ مَتَـعُ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقَى وَلاَ تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً﴾ (Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is (far) better for him who has Taqwa, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly even equal to the amount of a Fatila.)﴿4:77﴾ and, ﴿بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا - وَالاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى ﴾ (Nay, you prefer the life of this world, although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.)﴿87:16-17﴾ Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Mustawrid, from Bani Fihr, said that the Messenger of Allah said, «مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إصْبَعَهُ هَذِهِ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ تَرْجِع» (The life of the present world, compared to the Hereafter, is just like when one of you inserts his finger in the sea, so let him contemplate how much of it will it carry.) and he pointed with the index finger. Imam Muslim also collected this Hadith in his Sahih. In another Hadith, the Prophet passed by a dead sheep, whose ears were small, and said, «وَاللهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَى أَهْلِهِ حِينَ أَلْقَوه» (By Allah! The life of this present world is as insignificant to Allah as this sheep was to its owners when they threw it away.) -From Tafsir ibn kathir (abridged)  وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا ۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ هذا حض من الله لعباده على الزهد في الدنيا وعدم الاغترار بها، وعلى الرغبة في الأخرى، وجعلها مقصود العبد ومطلوبه، ويخبرهم أن جميع ما أوتيه الخلق، من الذهب، والفضة، والحيوانات والأمتعة، والنساء، والبنين، والمآكل، والمشارب، واللذات، كلها متاع الحياة [الدنيا] وزينتها، أي: يتمتع به وقتا قصيرا، متاعا قاصرا، محشوا بالمنغصات، ممزوجا بالغصص.ويزين به زمانا يسيرا، للفخر والرياء، ثم يزول ذلك سريعا، وينقضي جميعا، ولم يستفد صاحبه منه إلا الحسرة والندم، والخيبة والحرمان.{ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ } من النعيم المقيم، والعيش السليم { خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى } أي: أفضل في وصفه وكميته، وهو دائم أبدا، ومستمر سرمدا.{ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ } أي: أفلا يكون لكم عقول، بها تزنون أي: الأمور أولى بالإيثار، وأي: الدارين أحق للعمل لها فدل ذلك أنه بحسب عقل العبد، يؤثر الأخرى على الدنيا، وأنه ما آثر أحد الدنيا إلا لنقص في عقله، ولهذا نبه العقول على الموازنة بين عاقبة مؤثر الدنيا ومؤثر الآخرة، فقال: { أَفَمَنْ وَعَدْنَاهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَاقِيهِ } تفسير الشيخ السعدي رحمه الله       〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ﴿وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـعُ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ - أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـهُ وَعْداً حَسَناً فَهُوَ لاَقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَـعَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ﴾ (60. And whatever you have been given is an enjoyment of the life of the world and its adornment, and that which is with Allah is better and will remain forever. Have you then no sense) (61. Is he whom We have promised an excellent promise -- which he will find true -- like him whom We have made to enjoy the luxuries of the life of the world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up) This World is transient and the One Whose concern is this World is not equal to the One Whose concern is the Hereafter Allah tells us about the insignificance of this world and its contemptible adornments which are nothing in comparison to the great and lasting delights which Allah prepared for His righteous servants in the Hereafter. As Allah says: ﴿مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ﴾ (Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allah will remain) (16:96). ﴿وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلأَبْرَارِ﴾ (and that which is with Allah is the best for the most righteous.) (3:198) ﴿وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَـعٌ﴾ (whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.) (13:26) ﴿بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا - وَالاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى ﴾ (Nay, you prefer the life of this world. Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.) (87:16-17). The Messenger of Allah said: «وَاللهِ مَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَغْمِسُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْه» (By Allah, the life of this world in comparison to the Hereafter is as if one of you were to dip his finger in the sea; let him see what comes back to him. ) Allah's saying: ﴿أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ﴾ (Have you then no sense) means, do those who prefer this world to the Hereafter have no sense