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Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 26

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ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعٌ
All a hu yabsu t u a l rrizqa liman yash a o wayaqdiru wafari h oo bi a l h ay a ti a l dduny a wam a al h ay a tu a l dduny a fee al a khirati ill a mat a AA un
GOD GRANTS abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills; and they [who are given abundance] rejoice in the life of this world - even though, as compared with the life to come, the life of this world is nought but a fleeting pleasure.
  - Mohammad Asad
Allah grants abundantly His provisions to whom He will and sparingly to whom He pleases. The unbelievers rejoice in the life of this world: but brief indeed is the comfort of this worldly life as compared to the life of the hereafter.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Allah gives abundant or limited provisions to whoever He wills. And the disbelievers become prideful of 'the pleasures of' this worldly life. But the life of this world, compared to the Hereafter, is nothing but a fleeting enjoyment.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Allah enlargeth livelihood for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will); and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of the world is but brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Allah doth enlarge or grant by (strict) measure the Sustenance (which He giveth) to whom so He pleaseth. (The worldly) rejoice in the life of this world: but the life of this world is but little comfort in the Hereafter. 1840 1841
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah, the Sustainer and Cherisher of all His creatures, gives sustenance to all. To some He grants it in abundance; to others He gives it in strict measure. No one can question Him, for His Will is supreme, and it is the measure of all good.

Cf. ix. 38. The meaning here may also be: This present life is just a furniture, a convenience, a stepping stone, a probation, for the life to come. In itself it is less important than the Hereafter.

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