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Saba 36

Ayah 36 of 54 · Meccan

قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنَّIndeedinna
  3. رَبِّيmy Lordrabbī
  4. يَبۡسُطُextendsyabsuṭu
  5. ٱلرِّزۡقَthe provisionl-riz'qa
  6. لِمَنfor whomliman
  7. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  8. وَيَقۡدِرُand restrictswayaqdiru
  9. وَلَٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  10. أَكۡثَرَmostakthara
  11. ٱلنَّاسِ[the] peoplel-nāsi
  12. لَا(do) notlā
  13. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, say to these who have been deceived by the favours they have been given: “My Lord expands provision for whom He wants, to test whether he is grateful or ungrateful, and He makes it tight for whom He wants, to test whether he is patient or becomes upset. But most people do not know that Allah is Wise. He does not decree a matter except due to complete wisdom which is known to those who know and which the ignorant are unaware of”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran