Quran 57:29 — Al-Hadid, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The People of the Book should know that they have no power over any of God’s grace and that grace is in the hand of God alone: He gives it to whoever He will. God’s grace is truly immense.
لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
li-allā yaʿlama ahlu l-kitābi allā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayin min faḍli l-lahi wa-anna l-faḍla biyadi l-lahi yu'tīhi man yashāu wal-lahu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of God's bounty, and that bounty is in the hand of God; He gives it unto whomsoever He will; and God is of bounty abounding.
- Muhammad Asad
- And the followers of earlier revelation should know that they have no power whatever over any of God’s bounty, seeing that all bounty is in God’s hand [alone]: He grants it unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty.
- Sahih International
- [This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allāh and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allāh; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّئَلَّاli-allā | So that | — |
| 2 | يَعْلَمَyaʿlama | may know | علم |
| 3 | أَهْلُahlu | (the) People | أهل |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 5 | أَلَّاallā | that not | — |
| 6 | يَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūna | they have power | قدر |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 8 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | anything | شيأ |
| 9 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 10 | فَضْلِfaḍli | (the) Bounty | فضل |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِ ۙl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 13 | ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍla | the Bounty | فضل |
| 14 | بِيَدِbiyadi | (is) in Allah's Hand | يدي |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (is) in Allah's Hand | أله |
| 16 | يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhi | He gives it | أتي |
| 17 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 18 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 19 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 20 | ذُوdhū | (is) the Possessor of Bounty | — |
| 21 | ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli | (is) the Possessor of Bounty | فضل |
| 22 | ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi | the Great | عظم |