سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 62
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿62﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Allâh enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His slaves, and straitens it for whom (He wills). Verily, Allâh is the All-Knower of everything.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
يَبْسُطُ
yabsuṭu
extends
ٱلرِّزْقَ
l-riz'qa
the provision
لِمَن
liman
for whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
مِنْ
min
of
عِبَادِهِۦ
ʿibādihi
His slaves
وَيَقْدِرُ
wayaqdiru
and restricts
لَهُۥٓ ۚ
lahu
for him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
of every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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62. Allah expands the provision for whom He wills among His servants and restricts it for whom He wills [94], and surely He is fully [95] aware of all things.
[94] The love of wealth is deeply ingrained in human nature, and every person desires to acquire as much wealth and riches as possible. But Allah gives only as much as He Himself wills. To some He gives more, to others less. However, it cannot happen that someone is given nothing at all; He certainly gives to everyone. And in this too, there are many of His wisdoms and benefits for His servants.
[95]
Allah’s Wisdoms and the Benefits for Servants in Giving More or Less Provision to Someone:
He knows very well that if a certain servant is given more provision, he will earn goodness and virtue from it, and if another is given more, he will become heedless of His remembrance, rebellious, and arrogant. And sometimes, by giving someone more wealth, He puts him to trial. In short, as much as a person loves wealth, that same wealth can become a trial for him. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairahؓ narrates from the Prophetﷺ: A man was standing in the wilderness. He heard a voice from a cloud. (Someone called out) to water the garden of a certain man. So the cloud moved to one side and poured its water onto a rocky ground. Suddenly, one of the channels collected all the water. The man followed the water and saw a person standing in his garden, moving the water here and there with his spade. The man said: “O servant of Allah, what is your name?” He replied, “So-and-so”—the same name he had heard from the cloud. Then he asked, “O servant of Allah, why do you ask my name?” He said, “I heard a voice from this cloud, whose water this is, saying: ‘Water the garden of so-and-so,’ and your name was mentioned. So what do you do in your garden?” He replied, “Since you have asked, I will tell you: whatever grows in my garden, I give one third in charity, one third is for me and my family to eat, and one third I invest back into the garden.” [صحیح مسلم۔ کتاب الزھد۔ باب فضل انفاق علی المساکین وابن السبیل]
Once, the Messenger of Allahﷺ was distributing some charity. He did not give to everyone; he gave to some and left out others. Then, explaining this distribution, he said: I give wealth to the one in whose heart I find anxiety and restlessness. Although those whom I do not give are more beloved to me than those to whom I give this wealth, and the reason I do not give to those beloved people is that Allah has placed contentment and goodness in their hearts. Among such people is ‘Amr bin Taghlib. ‘Amr bin Taghlib says: By Allah! The happiness I felt from your statement, even if I had received red camels, I would not have been so happy. [بخاری۔ کتاب الجمعه۔ باب من قال فی الخطبة بعد الثناء اما بعد]
From these incidents, it becomes clear how many wisdoms of Allah are hidden in giving someone more or less.
[94] The love of wealth is deeply ingrained in human nature, and every person desires to acquire as much wealth and riches as possible. But Allah gives only as much as He Himself wills. To some He gives more, to others less. However, it cannot happen that someone is given nothing at all; He certainly gives to everyone. And in this too, there are many of His wisdoms and benefits for His servants.
[95]
Allah’s Wisdoms and the Benefits for Servants in Giving More or Less Provision to Someone:
He knows very well that if a certain servant is given more provision, he will earn goodness and virtue from it, and if another is given more, he will become heedless of His remembrance, rebellious, and arrogant. And sometimes, by giving someone more wealth, He puts him to trial. In short, as much as a person loves wealth, that same wealth can become a trial for him. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairahؓ narrates from the Prophetﷺ: A man was standing in the wilderness. He heard a voice from a cloud. (Someone called out) to water the garden of a certain man. So the cloud moved to one side and poured its water onto a rocky ground. Suddenly, one of the channels collected all the water. The man followed the water and saw a person standing in his garden, moving the water here and there with his spade. The man said: “O servant of Allah, what is your name?” He replied, “So-and-so”—the same name he had heard from the cloud. Then he asked, “O servant of Allah, why do you ask my name?” He said, “I heard a voice from this cloud, whose water this is, saying: ‘Water the garden of so-and-so,’ and your name was mentioned. So what do you do in your garden?” He replied, “Since you have asked, I will tell you: whatever grows in my garden, I give one third in charity, one third is for me and my family to eat, and one third I invest back into the garden.” [صحیح مسلم۔ کتاب الزھد۔ باب فضل انفاق علی المساکین وابن السبیل]
Once, the Messenger of Allahﷺ was distributing some charity. He did not give to everyone; he gave to some and left out others. Then, explaining this distribution, he said: I give wealth to the one in whose heart I find anxiety and restlessness. Although those whom I do not give are more beloved to me than those to whom I give this wealth, and the reason I do not give to those beloved people is that Allah has placed contentment and goodness in their hearts. Among such people is ‘Amr bin Taghlib. ‘Amr bin Taghlib says: By Allah! The happiness I felt from your statement, even if I had received red camels, I would not have been so happy. [بخاری۔ کتاب الجمعه۔ باب من قال فی الخطبة بعد الثناء اما بعد]
From these incidents, it becomes clear how many wisdoms of Allah are hidden in giving someone more or less.
