Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:71

16:71

وَٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا۟ بِرَآدِّى رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

wal-lahu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fī l-riz'qi famā alladhīna fuḍḍilū birāddī riz'qihim ʿalā mā malakat aymānuhum fahum fīhi sawāon afabiniʿ'mati l-lahi yajḥadūna

And Allāh has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored [i.e., given more] would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess [i.e., slaves] so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allāh they reject?

— Saheeh International

God has given some of you more provision than others. Those who have been given more are unwilling to pass their provision on to the slaves they possess so that they become their equals. How can they refuse to acknowledge God’s blessings?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh has preferred some of you above others in wealth and properties. Then, those who are preferred will by no means hand over their wealth and properties to those (slaves) whom their right hands possess, so that they may be equal with them in respect thereof. Do they then deny the Favour of Allâh?

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

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Word by Word

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
فَضَّلَfaḍḍalahas favored
بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you
عَلَىٰʿalāover
بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
فِىfīin
ٱلرِّزْقِۚl-riz'qi[the] provision
فَمَاfamāBut not
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
فُضِّلُوا۟fuḍḍilūwere favored
بِرَآدِّىbirāddīwould hand over
رِزْقِهِمْriz'qihimtheir provision
عَلَىٰʿalāto
مَاmāwhom
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumtheir right hands
فَهُمْfahumso (that) they
فِيهِfīhi(are) in it
سَوَآءٌۚsawāonequal
أَفَبِنِعْمَةِafabiniʿ'matiThen is it the Favor
ٱللَّهِl-lahiof Allah
يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnathey reject