Quran 42:12 — Ash-Shura, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The keys of the heavens and the earth are His; He provides abundantly or sparingly for whoever He will; He has full knowledge of all things.
لَهُ مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
lahu maqālīdu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru innahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He outspreads and straitens His provision to whom He will; surely He has knowledge of everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- His are the keys of the heavens and the earth: He grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills: for, behold, He has full knowledge of everything.
- Sahih International
- To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is, of all things, Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَهُۥlahu | To Him (belongs) | — |
| 2 | مَقَالِيدُmaqālīdu | (the) keys | قلد |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | يَبْسُطُyabsuṭu | He extends | بسط |
| 6 | ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qa | the provision | رزق |
| 7 | لِمَنliman | for whom | — |
| 8 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 9 | وَيَقْدِرُ ۚwayaqdiru | and restricts | قدر |
| 10 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 11 | بِكُلِّbikulli | of every | كلل |
| 12 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 13 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |