Quran 23:72 Word by Word & Translations
23:72 Word by Word (2021)
23:72 Arabic
23:72 Transliteration
Or you ask them (for) a payment? But the payment (of) your Lord (is) best, and He (is) the Best (of) the Providers.
23:72 Arabic
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
23:72 Transliteration
Am tas-aluhum kharjan fakharaju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru alrraziqeena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Or do you ask them for a wage? The wage of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers
Abdel Haleem
Do you [Prophet] ask them for any payment? Your Lord’s is the best payment: He is the Best of Providers
Abdul Hye
Or is it that you (O Muhammad) ask them for wages? But the recompense of your Lord is better, and He is the Best of the sustainers.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Or, is it that thou askest of them any maintenance? The maintenance of thy Lord is better, and He is the Best of providers
Ahmed Ali
Or do you ask of them any tribute? In that case the tribute of your Lord is better, for He is the best of providers
Ahmed Hulusi
Or is it that you ask of them a fee? The endowment of your Rabb is better... He is the One who best nourishes with the sustenance of life.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Does you ask of them any recompense, but recompense of your Lord is the best; and He is the Best Provider?
Aisha Bewley
Are you asking them for payment? Your Lord´s payment is better. He is the Best of Providers.
Ali Ünal
Or do you (O Messenger) ask them for any payment? Whereas the reward of your Lord is the best and to everyone’s good. He is the Provider, with the ultimate rank of providing and the Best to be sought as provider
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do you ask a recompense from them? Yet your Lord’s recompense is better, and He is the best of providers
Amatul Rahman Omar
Or do you ask of them a tribute? (There is no such thing) as the tribute of your Lord is the best, for He is the Best of Providers
Arthur John Arberry
Or dost thou ask them for tribute? Yet the tribute of thy Lord is better, and He is the best of providers
Bakhtiari Nejad
Or do you ask them for any payment? Payment from your Lord is better, and He is the best of providers.
Bijan Moeinian
Is it because you are asking a consulting fee from them? Definitely not for the simple reason that what God gives you is much better than what they would have afforded to pay to you. God is the Best Provider
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Or is it that you ask them for some reward? But the reward of your Lord is best. He is the best of those who give sustenance
Corpus.Quran
Or you ask them (for) a payment But the payment (of) your Lord (is) best and He (is) the Best (of) the Providers
Dr. Kamal Omar
Do you ask them for some wages (as a fee for transmitting them the Message)? But the wages coming from your Nourisher-Sustainer are better, and He is the Best of those who provide provision for sustenance
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Or is it that thou hast asked them for payment? Yet the revenue from thy Lord is better. And He is Best of the ones who provide.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Do you demand of them any recompense (for preaching the faith in Messengership? Nay, that too is not the case.) The recompense of your Lord itself is (by far) the best and He is the Best of all sustainers
Dr. Munir Munshey
Or do you charge them a fee? The reward of your Lord is far better! He is the Best of the providers
Edward Henry Palmer
Or dost thou ask them for a tribute? but the tribute of thy Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide
Faridul Haque
Do you (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) ask any fee from them? So the reward of your Lord is the best; and He is the Best Provider of Sustenance
Fode Drame
Or do you ask them for any remuneration? Surely the remuneration of your Lord is best and He is the best of those who give sustenance.
George Sale
Dost thou ask of them any maintenance for thy preaching? Since the maintenance of thy Lord is better; for He is the most bounteous provider
Hamid S. Aziz
Or do you ask them for a tribute? But the bounty of your Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Or, do you ask a tribute from them? Your Lord's tribute is better. He is the Best of providers
Hilali - Khan
Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask them for some wages? But the recompense of your Lord is better, and He is the Best of those who give sustenance
Irving/Hegab
Or are you asking them [to make] some outlay'? Your Lord's tribute is best, for He is the Best Provider!
John Medows Rodwell
Dost thou ask them for remuneration? But, remuneration from thy Lord is best; and He is the best provider
Linda "iLham" Barto
Do you ask them for some payment? The payment of your Lord is best. He is the best of the providers.
Maududi
Are you asking them for something? What Allah has given you is the best. He is the Best of providers
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or dost thou ask them a recompense? But the recompense of thy Lord is best, and He is the Best of providers
Mir Aneesuddin
And had the truth followed their desires, then the skies and the earth and whoever (whatever) is therein would have surely been in disorder. No! We have given to them their reminder but they turn away from their reminder.
Mohammad Shafi
Or, do you ask them for recompense? But the recompense of your Lord is the best! And He is the best of those who provide sustenance
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Or you ask/question them (for) a royalty/retainer , so your Lord's royalty/retainer (is) best , and He is the provider's best
Muhammad Asad
Or dost thou [O Muhammad] ask of them any worldly recompense? But [they ought to know that] recompense from thy Sustainer is best, since He is the best of providers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Or (even) do you ask them for tribute? Yet the (bounteous) tribute of your Lord is more charitable, (i.e., better) and He is The Most Charitable of providers
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Or dost thou ask of them (O Muhammad) any tribute? But the bounty of thy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision
Muhammad Sarwar
(Do they disbelieve because) you asked them for payment? The reward that you will receive from your Lord is the best. He is the best Provider
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Or is it that you (O Prophet) demand remuneration from them? But the remuneration from your Lord is best, and He is the best of all givers
Munir Mezyed
Or is it that you ask them a remuneration? But the remuneration of your Lord is far better, and He is the best of those who provide sustenance.
MunirMezyed2023
Or do you ask them for any recompense? Yet the recompense of your Lord is far better, and He is the Best of those who provide sustenance.
Musharraf Hussain
Or did you ask them to pay you something? The payment of your Lord is better by far; and He is the best Provider.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Or ˹is it because˺ you ˹O Prophet˺ are asking them for tribute? But the reward of your Lord is best, for He is the Best Provider.
Mustaqim
Or do you ask them for a contribution, but the contribution of your Lord is better and He is the best of providers.
N J Dawood 2014
Are you seeking a recompense from them? Far better is your Lord‘s recompense. He is the most munificent Giver
Rashad Khalifa
Are you asking them for a wage? Your Lord's wage is far better. He is the best Provider.
Safi Kaskas
Or [do they think that] you are asking them for compensation, when your Lord's compensation is best? He is the Best of Providers.
Samy Mahdy
Or you ask them for a tribute? So, your Lord’s tribute is goodness, and He is the best of the livelihood providers.
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Messenger) Do you ask them for any tribute? (They must know that) your Sustainer's tribute is best, for, He is the Best of providers
Shakir
Or is it that you ask them a recompense? But the recompense of your Lord is best, and He is the best of those who provide sustenance
Sher Ali
Or, dost thou ask of them any reward? But the reward of thy Lord is Best; and HE is the Best of providers
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Or is it that you ask them for wages or reward? But the repayment of your Lord is best: He is the Best of those who give livelihood (Khair-ur-Razikeen)
T.B.Irving
Or are you asking them [to make] some outlay´? Your Lord´s tribute is best, for He is the Best Provider!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Are you demanding a fee from them? The reward from your Lord is far better, for He is the best of providers.
Talal Itani (2012)
Or are you asking them for a payment? The revenue from your Lord is better, and He is the Best of providers
The Study Quran
Dost thou ask any recompense of them? For thy Lord’s recompense is better, and He is the best of providers
The Wise Quran
Or do you ask them for a tribute? But the tribute of your Lord is better, and He is the best of those who provide.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers
Wahiduddin Khan
Or are you asking them for any reward? But the reward of your Lord is the best, for He is the Best of Providers
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Or is it that thou askest them for some recompense? But the recompense of thy Lord is best: He is the Best of those who give sustenance