Al-Hadid 57:29
The Iron · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 541
Bounty Is in Allah’s Hand
لِّئَلَّا يَعۡلَمَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَلَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ مِّن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢٩
That the People of the Scripture may know that they control naught of the bounty of Allah, but that the bounty is in Allah’s hand to give to whom He will. And Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Bounty is in Allah’s hand; He gives it to whom He wills.
Insight
Elmalılı relates that al-Wahidi found this verse difficult; most commentators take the “la” as redundant: let the People of the Book know that bounty is in Allah’s hand.
Reflect
Don’t think Allah’s grace belongs to any one group.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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