Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee), ayah 71
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وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا الَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَادِّي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ
Translation by words
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- فَضَّلَ
- has favored
- بَعْضَكُمْ
- some of you
- عَلَىٰ
- over
- بَعْضٍ
- others
- فِى
- in
- ٱلرِّزْقِ
- [the] provision.
- فَمَا
- But not
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- فُضِّلُوا۟
- were favored
- بِرَآدِّى
- would hand over
- رِزْقِهِمْ
- their provision
- عَلَىٰ
- to
- مَا
- whom
- مَلَكَتْ
- possess
- أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ
- their right hands,
- فَهُمْ
- so (that) they
- فِيهِ
- (are) in it
- سَوَآءٌ
- equal.
- أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ
- Then is it the Favor
- ٱللَّهِ
- of Allah
- يَجْحَدُونَ
- they reject?
And Allah has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allah they reject?
16:71
Translation: Saheeh International