Quran 17:100 — Al-Israa, verse 100
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
قُلْ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي إِذًا لَأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنْفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ قَتُورًا
qul law antum tamlikūna khazāina raḥmati rabbī idhan la-amsaktum khashyata l-infāqi wakāna l-insānu qatūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's mercy, yet would you hold back for fear of expending; and man is ever niggardly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "If you were to own' all the treasure-houses of my Sustainer's bounty, lo! you would still try to hold on [to them] tightly for fear of spending [too much]: for man has always been avaricious [whereas God is limitless in His bounty].
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّوْlaw | If | — |
| 3 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 4 | تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūna | possess | ملك |
| 5 | خَزَآئِنَkhazāina | the treasures | خزن |
| 6 | رَحْمَةِraḥmati | (of) the Mercy | رحم |
| 7 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 8 | إِذًۭاidhan | then | — |
| 9 | لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْla-amsaktum | surely you would withhold | مسك |
| 10 | خَشْيَةَkhashyata | (out of) fear | خشي |
| 11 | ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚl-infāqi | (of) spending | نفق |
| 12 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 13 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | man | أنس |
| 14 | قَتُورًۭاqatūran | stingy | قتر |