Quran 16:71 — An-Nahl, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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?
وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا الَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَادِّي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And God has preferred some of you over others in provision;, but those that were preferred shall not give over their provision to that their right hands possess, so that they may be equal therein. What, and do they deny God's blessing?
- Muhammad Asad
- And on some of you God has bestowed more abundant means of sustenance than on others: and yet, they who are more abundantly favoured are [often] unwilling to share their sustenance with those whom their right hands possess, so that they [all] might be equal in this respect. Will they, then, God's blessings [thus] deny?
- Sahih International
- 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?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | فَضَّلَfaḍḍala | has favored | فضل |
| 3 | بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakum | some of you | بعض |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 5 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚl-riz'qi | [the] provision | رزق |
| 8 | فَمَاfamā | But not | — |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | فُضِّلُوا۟fuḍḍilū | were favored | فضل |
| 11 | بِرَآدِّىbirāddī | would hand over | ردد |
| 12 | رِزْقِهِمْriz'qihim | their provision | رزق |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 14 | مَاmā | whom | — |
| 15 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | possess | ملك |
| 16 | أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhum | their right hands | يمن |
| 17 | فَهُمْfahum | so (that) they | — |
| 18 | فِيهِfīhi | (are) in it | — |
| 19 | سَوَآءٌ ۚsawāon | equal | سوي |
| 20 | أَفَبِنِعْمَةِafabiniʿ'mati | Then is it the Favor | نعم |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | of Allah | أله |
| 22 | يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūna | they reject | جحد |