Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:26

13:26

ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعٌ

al-lahu yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru wafariḥū bil-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā fī l-ākhirati illā matāʿun

Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.

— Saheeh International

God gives abundantly to whoever He will, and sparingly to whoever He will- and though they may revel in the life of this world, it is but a fleeting comfort compared with the Life to come.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh increases the provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
لِمَنlimanfor whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَقْدِرُۚwayaqdiruand restricts
وَفَرِحُوا۟wafariḥūAnd they rejoice
بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِbil-ḥayatiin the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَمَاwamāand nothing
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāof the world
فِىfīin (comparison to)
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَتَـٰعٌۭmatāʿunan enjoyment