Al-Qur'an Surah An-Najm Verse 48

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that He is the One who gives wealth and preserves (it),

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And He is the One Who enriches and impoverishes.

Ruwwad Translation Center

And He is the One Who enriches and bestows wealth,

A. J. Arberry

and that it is He who gives wealth and riches,

Abdul Haleem

that it is He who gives wealth and possessions;

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And that it is He Who enricheth and preserveth property.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;

Abul Ala Maududi

that He it is Who bestowed wealth and riches,

Ahmed Ali

That it is He who makes you rich and contented;

Ahmed Raza Khan

And that it is He Who has given wealth and contentment?

Ali Quli Qarai

that it is He who enriches and grants possessions,

Ali Ünal

And He it is Who grants abundant wealth and suffices (all need by His providing).

Amatul Rahman Omar

And that it is He Who fulfills the needs and endows (the gift of) capital contentment, and grants wealth.

English Literal

And that He, He enriched/sufficed , and He made content/satisfied .

Faridul Haque

And that it is He Who has given wealth and contentment?

Hamid S. Aziz

And that He it is Who enriches and gives satisfaction (or fulfilment);

Hilali & Khan

And that it is He (Allah) Who gives much or a little (or gives wealth and contentment),

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Or say they: We are a host allied together to help each other?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;

Muhammad Sarwar

It is He who grants people temporary and durable wealth.

Qaribullah & Darwish

and that it is He who gives riches and causes to hoard,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And that it is He Who Aghna and Aqna.

Wahiduddin Khan

that it is He who gives wealth and possessions;

Talal Itani

And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes.

Tafsir jalalayn

and that it is He Who enriches, people by [granting them] sufficient wealth, and grants possessions, [He Who] gives that wealth that is enjoyed as property,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And that it is He Who Aghna (gives much) and Aqna (a little).

It is Allah Who gives wealth to His servants and this wealth remains with them. This means they are able to use it to their benefit, is this out of the completeness of His favor.

Most of the statements of the scholars of Tafsir revolve around this meaning, such as those from Abu Salih, Ibn Jarir and others.

Mujahid said that,

أَغْنَى
(Aghna) meaning;He gives wealth.

وَأَقْنَى
(Aqna) meaning;He gives servants.

Similar was said by Qatadah.

Ibn Abbas and Mujahid said;

أَغْنَى
(Aghna) means;He granted;

while,

وَأَقْنَى
(Aqna) means;He gave contentment.

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَى