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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, your Lord is full of bounty for the people, but most of them do not show gratitude."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
لَذُوladhū(is) full of Bounty
فَضْلٍfaḍlin(is) full of Bounty
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَا(are) not
يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful") Allah said, responding to them:قُلْ(Say) `O Muhammad,'عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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