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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 27of 53

۞ وَلَوْ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍۢ مَّا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌۭ﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَلَوْwalawAnd if
بَسَطَbasaṭaAllah extends
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah extends
ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
لِعِبَادِهِۦliʿibādihifor His slaves
لَبَغَوْا۟labaghawsurely they would rebel
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends down
بِقَدَرٍۢbiqadarinin (due) measure
مَّاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His slaves
خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrunAll-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah accepts Repentance and responds to SupplicationsHere Allah reminds His servants that He accepts repentance. If they turn to Him and come back to Him, then by His kindness and generosity He forgives, overlooks and conceals (their sins), as He says:وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءاً أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ يَجِدِ اللَّهَ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً(And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allah's forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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