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Az-Zumar 52

Ayah 52 of 75 · Meccan

أَوَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٢

Do they not know that Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡDo notawalam
  2. يَعۡلَمُوٓاْthey knowyaʿlamū
  3. أَنَّthatanna
  4. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  5. يَبۡسُطُextendsyabsuṭu
  6. ٱلرِّزۡقَthe provisionl-riz'qa
  7. لِمَنfor whomliman
  8. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  9. وَيَقۡدِرُۚand restrictswayaqdiru
  10. إِنَّIndeedinna
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  13. لَأٓيَٰتٖsurely (are) signslaāyātin
  14. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  15. يُؤۡمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

Do these idolaters say this and not know that Allah expands the provision for whoever He wills as a test for him: Is he grateful or ungrateful? And he narrows it for whoever he wills as a test for him: Is he patient or does he become angry with Allah’s decree. In what has been mentioned, about the expansion and narrowing of provision, there are indications of Allah’s planning for a people who believe, because they are the ones who benefit from such indications. The disbelievers on the other hand pass by them without paying any attention to them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran