Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Isra Verse 30

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Indeed, your Lord expands sustenance for whomsoever He wills, and constricts (for whomsoever He wills). Surely, He is All-Aware of His servants, All-Seeing.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Surely your Lord gives abundant or limited provisions to whoever He wills. He is certainly All-Aware, All-Seeing of His servants.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Your Lord extends provision to whom He wills or restricts it. He is All-Aware and All-Seeing of His slaves.

A. J. Arberry

Surely thy Lord outspreads and straitens His provision unto whom He will; surely He is aware of and sees His servants.

Abdul Haleem

Your Lord gives abundantly to whoever He will, and sparingly to whoever He will: He knows and observes His servants thoroughly.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily thy Lord extendeth the provision for whomsoever He will and He measureth it out; verily He is in respect of His bondmen Aware, Beholder.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom He pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth know and regard all His servants.

Abul Ala Maududi

Certainly Your Lord makes plentiful the provision of whomsoever He wills and straitens it for whomsoever He wills. He is well-aware and is fully observant of all that relates to His servants.

Ahmed Ali

Certainly your Lord provides with open hands whosoever He will, but according to capacity, for He knows and watches His creatures.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Indeed your Lord eases the livelihood and restricts it, for whomever He wills; He Well Knows, Beholds His bondmen.

Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed your Lord expands the provision for whomever He wishes, and tightens it. Indeed, He is well aware of His servants and a keen observer.

Ali Ünal

Surely your Lord God enlarges provision for whom He wills, and straitens it (for whom He wills). Indeed He is fully aware of His servants and sees them well.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Surely, your Lord multiplies His provisions and means of livelihood for such of His people as He will and He measures it out (justly), for He is Well-Aware and Seeing of (the true needs of) His people inside out.

English Literal

That your Lord spreads/extends the provision to whom He wills/wants, and He is capable/able , that He truly was with His worshippers/slaves an expert/experienced, seeing/knowing/understanding.

Faridul Haque

Indeed your Lord eases the livelihood and restricts it, for whomever He wills; He Well Knows, Beholds His bondmen.

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, your Lord spreads out provision to whomsoever He will or He restricts it. Verily, He is ever Knower and Seer of his servants.

Hilali & Khan

Truly, your Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills and straitens (for whom He wills). Verily, He is Ever All-Knower, All-Seer of His slaves.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And make not thy hand to be shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching forth, lest thou sit down blamed, stripped off.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Surely your Lord makes plentiful the means of subsistence for whom He pleases and He straitens (them); surely He is ever Aware of, Seeing, His servants.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! thy Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo, He was ever Knower, Seer of His slaves.

Muhammad Sarwar

Your Lord increases and determines the sustenance of whomever He wants. He is Well Aware and watches over His servants.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Your Lord gives to whom He will His provisions both abundantly and sparingly. He is aware and sees His worshipers.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Truly, your Lord expands the provision for whom He wills and straitens (for whom He wills). Verily, He is Ever All-Knower, All-Seer of His servants.

Wahiduddin Khan

Your Lord gives abundantly to whom He will and sparingly to whom He pleases. He is informed and observant about His servants.

Talal Itani

Your Lord expands the provision for whomever He wills, and restricts it. He is fully Informed, Observant of His servants.

Tafsir jalalayn

Truly your Lord expands provision, He makes it abundant, for whomever He will and He straitens, He restricts it for whomever He will. Indeed He is ever Aware and Seer of His servants, Knower of what they hide and what they manifest, giving them provision in accordance with their welfare.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاء وَيَقْدِرُ

Truly, your Lord expands the provision for whom He wills and straitens (for whom He wills).

This Ayah is telling us that Allah is the One Who provides or withholds, the Bestower Who is running the affairs of His creation as He wills. He makes rich whomever He wills, and He makes poor whomever He wills, by the wisdom that is His.

He said;

إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا



Verily, He is Ever All-Knower, All-Seer of His servants.

meaning, He knows and sees who deserves to be rich and who deserves to be poor.

In some cases, richness may be decreed so that a person gets carried away, leading to his own doom.

In other cases, poverty may be a punishment.

We seek refuge with Allah from both