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qul ʾinna rabbī yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu wa-yaqdiru wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever He wishes and He tightens it, but most people do not know.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
34Saba’سبأVerse 36 of 54
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Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever He wishes and He tightens it, but most people do not know.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah As-Saba- Verse 36
36. “Say: ‘Verily my Lord amplifies the sustenance for whom He pleases and straitens for whom He pleases, but most of the people do not know’.”
Giving or taking sustenance is inside the rank of Lordship and giving or taking the blessings is not as a sign of affection or wrath of Allah. (It is possible that He takes it from a believer and gives it to a disbeliever.)
This holy verse answers to their hollow demagogical logic in the best way and knocks it out. Addressing the Prophet (S), the Qur’an says:
All of these are according to public interests which are for the trial of people and are necessary for the system of their living, and they do not depend on the man’s rank and position with Allah. Therefore, we should never count the amplification of sustenance as a reason for happiness, and its being straitened as a reason for wretchedness. The verse continues saying:
Of course, the unaware majority of people are such, else this matter is clear for the aware ones.