Surah Saba, Ayah 36 (34:36)

سَبَأ

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا …

Quran 34:36 is ayah 36 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 432 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:36
قُلْإِنَّرَبِّىيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَقْدِرُوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ٣٦
qul inna rabbī yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."(36)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  4. يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
  5. ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
  6. لِمَنlimanfor whom
  7. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  8. وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
  9. وَلَٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
  10. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  11. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people
  12. لَاlā(do) not
  13. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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