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Verse 39of 54

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُۥ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
لِمَنlimanfor whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
مِنْminof
عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
لَهُۥ ۚlahufor him
وَمَآwamāBut what
أَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou spend
مِّنminof
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
فَهُوَfahuwathen He
يُخْلِفُهُۥ ۖyukh'lifuhuwill compensate it
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the Providers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

انظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَلَلاٌّخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلاً(See how We favor one above another, and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in favor.) (17:21). This means that just as there are differences between them in this world -- where one may be poor and in straitened circumstances while another is rich and enjoys a life of plenty -- so they will be in the Hereafter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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