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Al-Isra 100

Ayah 100 of 111 · Meccan

قُل لَّوۡ أَنتُمۡ تَمۡلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحۡمَةِ رَبِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّأَمۡسَكۡتُمۡ خَشۡيَةَ ٱلۡإِنفَاقِۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورٗا ١٠٠

Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّوۡIflaw
  3. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  4. تَمۡلِكُونَpossesstamlikūna
  5. خَزَآئِنَthe treasureskhazāina
  6. رَحۡمَةِ(of) the Mercyraḥmati
  7. رَبِّيٓ(of) my Lordrabbī
  8. إِذٗاthenidhan
  9. لَّأَمۡسَكۡتُمۡsurely you would withholdla-amsaktum
  10. خَشۡيَةَ(out of) fearkhashyata
  11. ٱلۡإِنفَاقِۚ(of) spendingl-infāqi
  12. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  13. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُmanl-insānu
  14. قَتُورٗاstingyqatūran

Tafsir

Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: If you possessed my Lord’s treasures which never deplete or finish, you would desist from spending them, fearing they will deplete until you will turn poor. And it is human nature to be miserly, except if one is a believer who spends hoping for Allah’s reward.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran