Quran 67:21

Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 21

Juz 29 · Page 563 · Section 2 of 2 · Meccan

أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Play with 39 reciters, repeat and speed control.

Word by word

أَمَّنْ amman Who is هَـٰذَا hādhā this ٱلَّذِى alladhī the one يَرْزُقُكُمْ yarzuqukum to provide you إِنْ in if أَمْسَكَ amsaka He withheld رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ riz'qahu His provision بَل bal Nay لَّجُّوا۟ lajjū they persist فِى fī in عُتُوٍّۢ ʿutuwwin pride وَنُفُورٍ wanufūrin and aversion

Transliteration

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight (from the Truth).

Context · verses 19–22

Birds in the sky, and two ways of walking. Only the Most Merciful holds the birds aloft; no army or provider exists besides Him; and the one who walks fallen on his face is contrasted with the one who walks upright on a straight path. Read the explanation.

تفسير ابن كثير — Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (Arabic)

ثم قال : ( أمن هذا الذي يرزقكم إن أمسك رزقه ) ؟ ! أي : من هذا الذي إذا قطع الله رزقه عنكم يرزقكم بعده ؟ ! أي : لا أحد يعطي ويمنع ويخلق ويرزق ، وينصر إلا الله ، عز وجل ، وحده لا شريك له ، أي : وهم يعلمون ذلك ، ومع هذا يعبدون غيره ; ولهذا قال : ( بل لجوا ) أي : استمروا في طغيانهم وإفكهم وضلالهم ) في عتو ونفور ) أي : معاندة ، واستكبارا ، ونفورا على أدبارهم عن الحق ، أي لا يسمعون له ولا يتبعونه .