Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:27

42:27

۞ وَلَوْ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

walaw basaṭa l-lahu l-riz'qa liʿibādihi labaghaw fī l-arḍi walākin yunazzilu biqadarin mā yashāu innahu biʿibādihi khabīrun baṣīrun

And if Allāh 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, Aware and Seeing.

— Saheeh International

If God were to grant His plentiful provision to [all] His creatures, they would act insolently on earth, but He sends down in due measure whatever He will, for He is well aware of His servants and watchful over them:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if Allâh were to enlarge the provision for His slaves, they would surely rebel in the earth, but He sends down by measure as He wills. Verily! He is, in respect of His slaves, the Well-Aware, the All-Seer (of things that benefit them).

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

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