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Al-Mulk 21

Ayah 21 of 30 · Meccan

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)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمَّنۡWho isamman
  2. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  3. ٱلَّذِيthe onealladhī
  4. يَرۡزُقُكُمۡto provide youyarzuqukum
  5. إِنۡifin
  6. أَمۡسَكَHe withheldamsaka
  7. رِزۡقَهُۥۚHis provisionriz'qahu
  8. بَلNaybal
  9. لَّجُّواْthey persistlajjū
  10. فِيinfī
  11. عُتُوّٖprideʿutuwwin
  12. وَنُفُورٍand aversionwanufūrin

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.

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