Quran 17:20 — Al-Israa, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
To both the latter and the former, We give some of your Lord’s bounty. [Prophet], your Lord’s bounty is not restricted-
كُلًّا نُمِدُّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ وَهَـٰؤُلَاءِ مِنْ عَطَاءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
kullan numiddu hāulāi wahāulāi min ʿaṭāi rabbika wamā kāna ʿaṭāu rabbika maḥẓūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Each We succour, these and those, from thy Lord's gift; and thy Lord's gift is not confined.
- Muhammad Asad
- All [of them] -these as well as those -do We freely endow with some of thy Sustainer's gifts, since thy Sustainer's giving is never confined [to one kind of man].
- Sahih International
- To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كُلًّۭاkullan | (To) each | كلل |
| 2 | نُّمِدُّnumiddu | We extend | مدد |
| 3 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | (to) these | — |
| 4 | وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِwahāulāi | and (to) these | — |
| 5 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 6 | عَطَآءِʿaṭāi | (the) gift | عطو |
| 7 | رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 9 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 10 | عَطَآءُʿaṭāu | (the) gift | عطو |
| 11 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 12 | مَحْظُورًاmaḥẓūran | restricted | حظر |