Surah Al-Isra
Quran 17:100
Read Quran 17:100 from Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 17:100
Say (unto them): If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was ever grudging.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
- Ayah
- 100 of 111
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 17:100
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 17:100
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ قُلْ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي } التي لا تنفذ ولا تبيد. { إِذًا لَأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنْفَاقِ } أي: خشية أن ينفد ما تنفقون منه، مع أنه من المحال أن تنفد خزائن الله ، ولكن الإنسان مطبوع على الشح والبخل.