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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 20

سورة الحجر، الآية ٢٠

15:20 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 263 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:20

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīna

Translation

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.672

Notes

[672] Allāh has put at your service other men and animals for which He provides. An additional meaning is that Allāh provides means for your living and for all other creatures as well.

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Verse 20 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 263 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 20

Al-Mukhtasar

O people, I have placed for you on the earth foods and drinks that would sustain you so long as you are in the worldly life.

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Other translations of verse 20

And We have made therein for you means of sustenance and for those8 whom you do not provide.

Notes

[8] i.e., the children, servants, and livestock that one is blessed with.

And We have provided therein means of living, for you and for those whom you provide not [moving (living) creatures, cattle, beasts, and other animals].

And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.

And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.

And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.

And We have made for you (means of) subsistence therein and for the ones you do not even provide for (Literally: for whom you are not providers).

Verse 20 word by word

  1. وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā And We have made ج ع ل
  2. لَكُمْ lakum for you
  3. فِيهَا fīhā therein
  4. مَعَٰيِشَ maʿāyisha means of living ع ي ش
  5. وَمَن waman and whom
  6. لَّسْتُمْ lastum you are not ل ي س
  7. لَهُۥ lahu for him
  8. بِرَٰزِقِينَ birāziqīna providers ر ز ق

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  • Al-A’raf 7:10

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

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