Al-Qur'an Surah Sad Verse 9

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Do they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or ˹is it because˺ they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Almighty, the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Or do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord, the All-Mighty, the Bestower?

A. J. Arberry

Or have they the treasuries of thy Lord's mercy, the All-mighty, the All-giving?

Abdul Haleem

Do they possess the treasures of your Lord’s bounty, the Mighty, the All Giving?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Or, are with them the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Bestower?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?

Abul Ala Maududi

Do they possess the treasures of your Lord, the Most Mighty, the Great Bestower?

Ahmed Ali

Do they have the stores of the mercy of your Lord, the mighty and munificent?

Ahmed Raza Khan

Or do they hold the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Great Bestower?

Ali Quli Qarai

Do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord, the All-mighty, the All-munificent?

Ali Ünal

Or do they own and control the treasures of the Mercy of your Lord, the All-Glorious with irresistible might, the All-Bestowing, (that they presume to object to your being chosen as the Messenger)?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Do they possess the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the All-Mighty, the Great Bestower?

English Literal

Or at them (is) your Lord`s safes/storages (of) mercy, the glorious/mighty the grantor/presenter?

Faridul Haque

Or do they hold the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Great Bestower?

Hamid S. Aziz

Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?

Hilali & Khan

Or have they the treasures of the Mercy of your Lord, the All-Mighty, the Real Bestower?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Has the Reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay, they are in doubt as to My Reminder. Nay, they have not yet tasted My chastisement.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the great Giver?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?

Muhammad Sarwar

Do they possess the treasures of the mercy of your, (Muhammad's), Lord, the Majestic and Munificent God?

Qaribullah & Darwish

Or, have they the treasuries of the Mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Giving?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Or have they the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Real Bestower

Wahiduddin Khan

Do they possess the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the Great Bestower?

Talal Itani

Or do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Majestic, the Giver?

Tafsir jalalayn

Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord's mercy, the Mighty, the Victor, the Bestower?, [treasuries] such as prophethood and otherwise, so that they might give it to whomever they want?

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Or have they the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Real Bestower?

meaning, the Almighty Whose might cannot be overcome, the Bestower Who gives whatever He wills to whomsoever He wills.

This Ayah is like the Ayah;

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ الْمُلْكِ فَإِذاً لاَّ يُوْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيراً

أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى مَأ ءَاتَـهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ فَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَأ ءَالَ إِبْرَهِيمَ الْكِتَـبَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ مُّلْكاً عَظِيماً

فَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن صَدَّ عَنْهُ وَكَفَى بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيراً

Or have they a share in the dominion? Then in that case they would not give mankind even a speck on the back of a date stone. Or do they envy men for what Allah has given them of His bounty? Then, We had already given the family of Ibrahim the Book and Al-Hikmah, and conferred upon them a great kingdom. Of them were (some) who believed in him, and of them were (some) who averted their faces from him; and enough is Hell for burning (them). (4;53-55)

قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَايِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّى إِذًا لامْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الاِنفَاقِ وَكَانَ الانْسَـنُ قَتُورًا

Say;"If you possessed the treasure of the mercy of my Lord (wealth), then you would surely hold back for fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly!" (17;100)

This is after Allah tells us the story of how the disbeliever denied the sending of a human Messenger, as He tells us that the people of Salih, peace be upon him, said;

أَءُلْقِىَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ

"Is it that the Reminder is sent to him alone from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!"

Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one! (54;25-26)

أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الاَْسْبَابِ