Quran 23:72 — Al-Muminoon, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you [Prophet] ask them for any payment? Your Lord’s is the best payment: He is the Best of Providers.
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or dost thou ask them for tribute? Yet the tribute of thy Lord is better, and He is the best of providers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Or dost thou [O Muhammad] ask of them any worldly recompense? But [they ought to know that] recompense from thy Sustainer is best, since He is the best of providers!
- Sahih International
- Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | تَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhum | you ask them | سأل |
| 3 | خَرْجًۭاkharjan | (for) a payment | خرج |
| 4 | فَخَرَاجُfakharāju | But the payment | خرج |
| 5 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | خَيْرٌۭ ۖkhayrun | (is) best | خير |
| 7 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 8 | خَيْرُkhayru | (is) the Best | خير |
| 9 | ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna | (of) the Providers | رزق |