Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 72 (23:72)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

أَمْ تَسَْٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Quran 23:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 346 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:72
أَمْتَسَْٔلُهُمْخَرْجًافَخَرَاجُرَبِّكَخَيْرٌ ۖوَهُوَخَيْرُٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ٧٢
am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna

Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.(72)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. تَسَْٔلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask them
  3. خَرْجًاkharjan(for) a payment
  4. فَخَرَاجُfakharājuBut the payment
  5. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  6. خَيْرٌ ۖkhayrun(is) best
  7. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  8. خَيْرُkhayru(is) the Best
  9. ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the Providers

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