Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories), ayah 82

  1. وَأَصْبَحَ الَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكَانَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَا أَنْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ

    Translation by words

    وَأَصْبَحَ
    And began,
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    those who
    تَمَنَّوْا۟
    (had) wished
    مَكَانَهُۥ
    his position
    بِٱلْأَمْسِ
    the day before
    يَقُولُونَ
    (to) say,
    وَيْكَأَنَّ
    "Ah! That
    ٱللَّهَ
    Allah
    يَبْسُطُ
    extends
    ٱلرِّزْقَ
    the provision
    لِمَن
    for whom
    يَشَآءُ
    He wills
    مِنْ
    of
    عِبَادِهِۦ
    His slaves,
    وَيَقْدِرُ
    and restricts it.
    لَوْلَآ
    If not
    أَن
    that
    مَّنَّ
    Allah had favored
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah had favored
    عَلَيْنَا
    [to] us
    لَخَسَفَ
    He would have caused it to swallow us.
    بِنَا
    He would have caused it to swallow us.
    وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ
    Ah! That
    لَا
    not
    يُفْلِحُ
    will succeed
    ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
    the disbelievers."

    And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

    28:82

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories)