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Al-'Ankabut 60

Ayah 60 of 69 · Meccan

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٖ لَّا تَحۡمِلُ رِزۡقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦٠

And how many a creature carries not its [own] provision. Allāh provides for it and for you. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكَأَيِّنAnd how manywaka-ayyin
  2. مِّنofmin
  3. دَآبَّةٖa creaturedābbatin
  4. لَّا(does) notlā
  5. تَحۡمِلُcarrytaḥmilu
  6. رِزۡقَهَاits provisionriz'qahā
  7. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  8. يَرۡزُقُهَاprovides (for) ityarzuquhā
  9. وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚand (for) youwa-iyyākum
  10. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  11. ٱلسَّمِيعُ(is) the All-Hearerl-samīʿu
  12. ٱلۡعَلِيمُthe All-Knowerl-ʿalīmu

Tafsir

All creatures - despite their innumerability - that are incapable of storing their own provisions, Allah sustains them and you. Therefore not emigrating out of fear of starvation is not a valid excuse for you. He is the hearer of your statements and knower of your intentions and actions; none of them are hidden from Him, and He shall requite you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran