سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 30
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Truly, your Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills and straitens (for whom He wills). Verily, He is Ever All-Knower, All-Seer of His slaves.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
يَبْسُطُ
yabsuṭu
extends
ٱلرِّزْقَ
l-riz'qa
the provision
لِمَن
liman
for whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ
wayaqdiru
and straitens
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
كَانَ
kāna
is
بِعِبَادِهِۦ
biʿibādihi
of His slaves
خَبِيرًۢا
khabīran
All-Aware
بَصِيرًۭا
baṣīran
All-Seer
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
30. 1. In this, there is comfort for the believers that if they do not have abundance of means of sustenance, it does not mean that they have no status with Allah. Rather, the abundance or scarcity of sustenance is related to Allah’s wisdom and expediency, which only He knows. He can make His enemies like Qarun, and give His own people just enough so that they can get by with difficulty. This is His will. The one whom He gives more is not necessarily His beloved, and the one who possesses only the bare minimum is not necessarily His disliked.
