Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 82
وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
Al-Qasas · 28:82
Word by word
- وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd began
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- تَمَنَّوْا۟tamannaw(had) wished
- مَكَانَهُۥmakānahuhis position
- بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsithe day before
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(to) say
- وَيْكَأَنَّwayka-annaAh! That
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- مِنْminof
- عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
- وَيَقْدِرُ ۖwayaqdiruand restricts it
- لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
- أَنanthat
- مَّنَّmannaAllah had favored
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had favored
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā[to] us
- لَخَسَفَlakhasafaHe would have caused it to swallow us
- بِنَا ۖbināHe would have caused it to swallow us
- وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahuAh! That
- لَاlānot
- يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
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