Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 82 (28:82)

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وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ …

Quran 28:82 is ayah 82 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 395 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:82
وَأَصْبَحَٱلَّذِينَتَمَنَّوْا۟مَكَانَهُۥبِٱلْأَمْسِيَقُولُونَوَيْكَأَنَّٱللَّهَيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦوَيَقْدِرُ ۖلَوْلَآأَنمَّنَّٱللَّهُعَلَيْنَالَخَسَفَبِنَا ۖوَيْكَأَنَّهُۥلَايُفْلِحُٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ٨٢
wa-aṣbaḥa alladhīna tamannaw makānahu bil-amsi yaqūlūna wayka-anna l-laha yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lawlā an manna l-lahu ʿalaynā lakhasafa binā wayka-annahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"(82)

Word by word

  1. وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd began
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. تَمَنَّوْا۟tamannaw(had) wished
  4. مَكَانَهُۥmakānahuhis position
  5. بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsithe day before
  6. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(to) say
  7. وَيْكَأَنَّwayka-annaAh! That
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
  10. ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
  11. لِمَنlimanfor whom
  12. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  13. مِنْminof
  14. عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
  15. وَيَقْدِرُ ۖwayaqdiruand restricts it
  16. لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
  17. أَنanthat
  18. مَّنَّmannaAllah had favored
  19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had favored
  20. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā[to] us
  21. لَخَسَفَlakhasafaHe would have caused it to swallow us
  22. بِنَا ۖbināHe would have caused it to swallow us
  23. وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahuAh! That
  24. لَاlānot
  25. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
  26. ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

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