Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:100

17:100

قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ قَتُورًا

qul law antum tamlikūna khazāina raḥmati rabbī idhan la-amsaktum khashyata l-infāqi wakāna l-insānu qatūran

Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘If you possessed the very stores of my Lord’s bounty, you would hold them back in your fear of spending: man is ever grudging.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (to the disbelievers): "If you possessed the treasure of the Mercy of my Lord (wealth, money, provision.), then you would surely hold back (from spending) for fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly!"

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

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّوْlawIf
أَنتُمْantumyou
تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūnapossess
خَزَآئِنَkhazāinathe treasures
رَحْمَةِraḥmati(of) the Mercy
رَبِّىٓrabbī(of) my Lord
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْla-amsaktumsurely you would withhold
خَشْيَةَkhashyata(out of) fear
ٱلْإِنفَاقِۚl-infāqi(of) spending
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
قَتُورًۭاqatūranstingy