Quran 42:27 — Ash-Shura, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If God were to grant His plentiful provision to [all] His creatures, they would act insolently on earth, but He sends down in due measure whatever He will, for He is well aware of His servants and watchful over them:
وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِنْ يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ
walaw basaṭa l-lahu l-riz'qa liʿibādihi labaghaw fī l-arḍi walākin yunazzilu biqadarin mā yashāu innahu biʿibādihi khabīrun baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Had God expanded His provision to His servants, they would have been insolent in the earth; but He sends down in measure whatsoever He will; surely He is aware of and sees His servants.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, if God were to grant [in this world] abundant sustenance to [all of] His servants, they would behave on earth with wanton insolence: but as it is, He bestows [His grace] from on high in due measure, as He wills: for, verily, He is fully aware of [the needs of] His creatures, and sees them all.
- Sahih International
- And if Allāh had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Aware and Seeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | بَسَطَbasaṭa | Allah extends | بسط |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah extends | أله |
| 4 | ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qa | the provision | رزق |
| 5 | لِعِبَادِهِۦliʿibādihi | for His slaves | عبد |
| 6 | لَبَغَوْا۟labaghaw | surely they would rebel | بغي |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 10 | يُنَزِّلُyunazzilu | He sends down | نزل |
| 11 | بِقَدَرٍۢbiqadarin | in (due) measure | قدر |
| 12 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 13 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 14 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 15 | بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihi | of His slaves | عبد |
| 16 | خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun | (is) All-Aware | خبر |
| 17 | بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun | All-Seer | بصر |