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لِّئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ مِّن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱلْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ﴿٢٩﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allah and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

Word-by-word meaning

لِّئَلَّاli-allāSo that
يَعْلَمَyaʿlamamay know
أَهْلُahlu(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
أَلَّاallāthat not
يَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūnathey have power
عَلَىٰʿalāover
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
مِّنminfrom
فَضْلِfaḍli(the) Bounty
ٱللَّهِ ۙl-lahi(of) Allah
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe Bounty
بِيَدِbiyadi(is) in Allah's Hand
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) in Allah's Hand
يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives it
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
ذُوdhū(is) the Possessor of Bounty
ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli(is) the Possessor of Bounty
ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Believers of the People of the Scriptures will earn Double their RewardsEarlier we mentioned a Hadith that An-Nasa'i collected from Ibn `Abbas that this Ayah is about the People of the Scriptures who believe in Islam, and that they will earn double their reward if they do so. There is an Ayah in Surat Al-Qasas to support this meaning.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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