Meaning of Al-Muqaddim and Al-Mu-akhkhir: Allah puts forward and favours whom He wills from amongst His creation just as He defers and holds back whom He wills in accordance to His wisdom.
" [O Allah! It is instead bringing something into being from non-being or nothing.
"When one of you eats his meal and a morsal falls down, he must pick it up and remove the doubtful portion and eat the rest.
There is no god but You].