أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ ٢١
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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أَمَّنۡ Who is amman هَٰذَا this hādhā ٱلَّذِي the one alladhī يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ to provide you yarzuqukum إِنۡ if in أَمۡسَكَ He withheld amsaka رِزۡقَهُۥۚ His provision riz'qahu بَل Nay bal لَّجُّواْ they persist lajjū فِي in fī عُتُوّٖ pride ʿutuwwin وَنُفُورٍ and aversion wanufūrin Tafsir And there is no one that can sustain you if Allah stops His provisions from reaching you. Rather, the crux is that the disbelievers have prolonged in transgression, arrogance and refusal of the truth.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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