Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Isra Verse 20

Mufti Taqi Usmani

To all of them - both these and those - We extend the grants of your Lord. And the grant of your Lord is not barred (for anyone).

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We provide both the former and the latter from the bounty of your Lord. And the bounty of your Lord can never be withheld.

Ruwwad Translation Center

We give both – the latter and the former – from the bounty of your Lord, and Your Lord’s bounty is not restricted.

A. J. Arberry

Each We succour, these and those, from thy Lord's gift; and thy Lord's gift is not confined.

Abdul Haleem

To both the latter and the former, We give some of your Lord’s bounty. [Prophet], your Lord’s bounty is not restricted-

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

To each--these and those--We extend of the bestowment of thy Lord; and the bestowment of thy Lord is never restrained.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well as those; The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).

Abul Ala Maududi

To all of these as well as those We shall provide the wherewithal of this life in the present world by dint of your Lord's Bounty; and from none shall the Bounty of your Lord be withheld.

Ahmed Ali

"We bestow from the gifts of your Lord on these and on those, for the gifts of your Lord are not restricted.

Ahmed Raza Khan

We provide help to all – to these and to those, by the bestowal of your Lord; and there is no constraint on the bestowal of your Lord.

Ali Quli Qarai

To these and to those—to all We extend the bounty of your Lord, and the bounty of your Lord is not confined.

Ali Ünal

Each do We supply – these ones as well as those ones – out of the free gifts of your Lord (in the world); the gift of your Lord is not confined.

Amatul Rahman Omar

To all of them, these (who hanker after this world) as well as those (whose choice is the life to come) We render aid, (and this is) out of the bounty of your Lord; the bounty of your Lord is not confined (to any one section of the people).

English Literal

Each/all We extend/spread, those and these, from your Lord`s gift/grant, and your Lord`s gift/grant was not forbidden/restrained .

Faridul Haque

We provide help to all - to these and to those, by the bestowal of your Lord; and there is no constraint on the bestowal of your Lord.

Hamid S. Aziz

To each do We supply, both these and those (the just and the unjust), from the bounty of your Lord; for the bounty of your Lord are not restricted.

Hilali & Khan

To each these as well as those We bestow from the Bounties of your Lord. And the Bounties of your Lord can never be forbidden.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And whoso desires the Hereafter and strives for it as he ought to strive and he is a believer -- those are they whose striving is amply rewarded.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

All do We aid-- these as well as those-- out of the bounty of your Lord, and the bounty of your Lord is not confined.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Each do We supply, both these and those, from the bounty of thy Lord. And the bounty of thy Lord can never be walled up.

Muhammad Sarwar

Each group will receive its share of your Lord's generosity. Your Lord's generosity is not limited.

Qaribullah & Darwish

We help these and those, a gift from your Lord; and your Lord's gift is not restricted.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

On each these as well as those We bestow from the bounties of your Lord. And the bounties of your Lord can never be forbidden.

Wahiduddin Khan

Upon all, both these [who desire the world] and those [who desire the Hereafter] We bestow the bounty of your Lord: none shall be denied the bounty of your Lord --

Talal Itani

To all—these and those—We extend from the gifts of your Lord. The gifts of your Lord are not restricted.

Tafsir jalalayn

Each, of the two parties, We supply, We give, [to] these and [to] those (h'l' wa-h'l' is a substitute [for kullan, `each') from (min is semantically connected to numiddu, `We supply') from your Lord's bounty, in this world. And your Lord's bounty, therein, is not confined, [it is not] forbidden to anyone.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah says;

كُلًّ نُّمِدُّ هَـوُلاء وَهَـوُلاء

On each these as well as those We bestow

كُلًّ
(On each) meaning,

on each of the two groups, those who desire this world and those who desire the Hereafter, We bestow what they want,

مِنْ عَطَاء رَبِّكَ

from the bounties of your Lord.

means, He is the One Who is in control of all things, and He is never unjust. He gives to each what he deserves, whether it is eternal happiness or doom. His decree is unstoppable, no one can withhold what He gives or change what He wants.

Allah says;

وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاء رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا



And the bounties of your Lord can never be forbidden.

meaning, no one can withhold or prevent them.

Qatadah said,

"(It means) they can never decrease."

Al-Hasan and others said,

"(It means) they can never be prevented."

Then Allah says