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Surah Al-Isra — 17:20

كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا

Kullan numiddu haaa 'ulaaa'i wa haaa'ulaaa'i min 'ataaa'i rabbik; wa maa kaana 'ataaa'u rabbika mahzooraa

ہم اُن کو اور ان کو سب کو تمہارے پروردگار کی بخشش سے مدد دیتے ہیں۔ اور تمہارے پروردگار کی بخشش (کسی سے) رکی ہوئی نہیں

To each we extend our gifts — to these and to those — from the bounty of your Lord. The bounty of your Lord is never withheld.

Reflection

Both kinds of people described just above, the one wanting the passing life and the one working for what comes after, are supplied from the same bounty, and that is the point of the verse. Worldly provision therefore settles nothing about which of the two a person is. The closing word, mahzur, means walled off or barred, an image of a gate standing open.

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