Quran 57 : 29

So that may know (the) People (of) the Book that not they have power over anything from (the) Bounty (of) Allah, and that the Bounty (is) in Hand Allah; He gives it whom He wills. And Allah (is) the Possessor (of) Bounty, the Great.
لِّئَلَّا
Lliiallā
يَعْلَمَ
Yaʿlama
أَهْلُ
Aahlu
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
Alkitaābi
أَلَّا
Aallā
يَقْدِرُونَ
Yaqdirūna
عَلَىٰ
ʿAlaāā
شَىْءٍ
Shaāʾin
مِّن
Mmin
فَضْلِ
Faḍli
ٱللَّهِ
Allahi
وَأَنَّ
Waanna
ٱلْفَضْلَ
Alfaḍla
بِيَدِ
Biyadi
ٱللَّهِ
Allahi
يُؤْتِيهِ
Yuutīhi
مَن
Man
يَشَآءُ
Yashaaʾu
وَٱللَّهُ
Waallahu
ذُو
Dhū
ٱلْفَضْلِ
Alfaḍli
ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Alʿaẓīmi

Musharraf Hussain

Let the People of The Book know, they don’t control Allah’s grace, that’s in Allah’s hand; He gives it to anyone He wants. Allah’s grace is vast

Bakhtiari Nejad

So that people of the book know that they do not have a bit of power over God’s grace, and that grace is in God’s hand, giving it to anyone He wants. God has enormous grace.

Edward Henry Palmer

That the people of the Book may know that they cannot control aught of God's grace; and that grace is in God's hands, He gives it to whom He will; for God is Lord of mighty grace

Linda "iLham" Barto

The people of the Book should know that they have no monopoly over the grace of Allah. Grace is in Allah’s hand; He bestows it on whomever He will. Allah is the Lord of Abundant Grace.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That the People of the book may know that they control naught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah’s hand. He gives it to whom He pleases. And Allah is the Lord of mighty grace

Arthur John Arberry

that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of God's bounty, and that bounty is in the hand of God; He gives it unto whomsoever He will; and God is of bounty abounding

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

So that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over any of the favors of Allah; that the favors are in the Hand of Allah; He gives it towhom He will. The Favor of Allah is the Great

Wahiduddin Khan

The People of the Book should know that they have no power whatsoever over God's grace. His grace is entirely in His hand and He bestows it upon whoever He wills. God is truly infinite in His bounty

Abdel Haleem

The People of the Book should know that they have no power over any of God’s grace and that grace is in the hand of God alone: He gives it to whoever He will. God’s grace is truly immense

Talal Itani (2012)

That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatsoever over God's grace, and that all grace is in God's hand; He gives it to whomever He wills. God is Possessor of Great Grace

Shakir

So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So that the followers of the Book should know that they have no power over the grace of God, and that all grace is in the hand of God. He bestows it upon whoever He wills. God is Possessor of Infinite Grace

Safi Kaskas

That the people of the Book may know that they have no power whatsoever over God's blessings, and that all blessings are in God's Hand; He gives it to whomever He wills. God is limitless with His blessings.

The Wise Quran

So that the people of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of God's grace, and that grace is in the hand of God; He gives it unto whoever He will; and God is the possessor of great grace.

N J Dawood 2014

Let the People of the Book recognize that they have no control over anything within the grace of God; and that grace is in His hands alone, He vouchsafes it to whom He will, and God‘s grace is infinite

T.B.Irving

so let the People of the Book know they can do nothing about God´s bounty, since bounty lies [entirely] in God´s hand. He gives it to anyone He wishes. God possesses such tremendous grace!

The Study Quran

such that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over any of God’s Bounty, and that the Bounty is in God’s Hand; He gives it unto whomsoever He will; and God is Possessed of Tremendous Bounty

Hamid S. Aziz

So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that Grace is in Allah´s hand. He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of abundant Grace

Bilal Muhammad 2018

So the people of the Book may know that they have no power at all over the grace of God, that His grace is in His hand, to bestow on whomever He wills, for God is the Lord of grace abounding. 29 (End of Part 27

Mustaqim

Let the people of the Book know that they have no power whatsoever over the favours of Allah and that all favours are in Allah´s hand, He gives them to whom He pleases, and Allah possesses immense favours.

Samy Mahdy

So that the book's people will know that they are incapable upon a thing from Allah’s bounty, and that the bounty is with Allah’s hand; He gives it to whoever He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

Mir Aneesuddin

that the owners of the book may know that they do not have control on anything from the grace of Allah and that the bounty is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He wills and Allah is the Possessor of great grace.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatever over the Grace of Allah, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand, to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. For Allah is the Lord of Grace abounding

Ahmed Ali

So that the people of the Book may know that they have not the least power over the bounty of God, and that the bounty is wholly in the hands of God to give whosoever He please, for God is the master of infinite bounty

Rashad Khalifa

Thus, the followers of previous scripture should know that they have not monopolized GOD's mercy and grace, and that all grace is in GOD's hand. He bestows it upon whomever He wills. GOD is Possessor of Infinite Grace.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

This He will award that the people of the Book may know that they control naught of the grace of Allah, and that the grace is in Allah's hand; He vouchsafeth it Unto whomsoever He wilt, And Allah is Owner of mighty grace

Aisha Bewley

So that the People of the Book may know that they have no power at all over any of Allah´s favour and that all favour is in the Hand of Allah. He gives it to anyone He wills. Allah´s favour is indeed immense.

Ali Quli Qara'i

so that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of Allah’s grace, and that all grace is in Allah’s hand which He grants to whomever He wishes and Allah is dispenser of a great grace

Irving/Hegab

so let the People of the Book (the Bible) know they can do nothing about Allah (God)'s bounty, since bounty lies [entirely] in Allah (God)'s hand. He gives it to anyone He wishes. Allah (God) possesses such tremendous grace!

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

__ so that the People of the Book may know that they have no control over any thing from Allah‘s bounty, and that bounty is in Allah‘s hand; He gives it to whom He wills, and Allah is the Lord of the great bounty

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

The People of the Scripture should know that they have no monopoly whatsoever over God’s mercy and grace, and that all grace and mercy are in God’s hands. He grants them to whom He wills. God is the possessor of vast bounty.

John Medows Rodwell

That the people of the Book may know that they have no control over aught of the favours of God, and that these gifts of grace are in the hands of God, and that He vouchsafeth them to whom he will; for God is of immense bounty

George Sale

That those who have received the scriptures may know that they have not power over any of the favours of God, and that good is in the hand of God; He bestoweth the same on whom He pleaseth, for God is endued with great beneficence

Munir Mezyed

That The ‘People of the Scripture’ (Jews & Christians) may come to know that they control naught of the bounty of Allâh, but that (His) bounty is in His Hand. He bestows it upon whom He wills. Allâh is the Lord of the great bounty.

Maududi

(You should do this) so that the People of the Book know that they have no control over Allah´s Bounty, and that all bounty is in Allah´s Hand; He bestows it on whomsoever He pleases. Allah is the Lord of abounding bounty

MunirMezyed2023

This is so that the People of the Book may come to know that they control naught of the bounty of Allâh, but that the bounty is entirely in the hands of Allâh. He bestows it upon whom He wills. Allâh is the Lord of the great bounty.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Certainly, the People of the Book know that they have no power over anything of the grace of God and that the grace of God is in the hand of God. He gives it to whomever He wills. And God is Possessor of the Sublime Grace.

Fode Drame

So that the people of the book may know that they have no power over anything from the favor of Allah and that the favor is in the hand of Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases and Allah is the master of the most magnificent favor.

Sher Ali

Thus it is that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of the grace of ALLAH; and that grace is entirely in the hands of ALLAH, HE gives it to whomsoever HE pleases. And ALLAH is the Master of immense grace

Syed Vickar Ahamed

That the People of the Book may know that they do not have any power over the Grace of Allah, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand, to (grant) it on anyone He wills. For Allah is the Owner of Gifts, great, (plentiful) and abounding

Abdul Hye

(Adapt this way) so that the people of the Scripture may know that they don’t have power over anything from the Grace of Allah, and that the Grace is in His authority, bestows it on whomever He wills. And Allah is the Owner of great Bounty.

Bijan Moeinian

May the followers of the previous Scriptures know that they do not have the monopoly to God’s mercy and grace and that all grace is in God’s possession which He may shower upon whoever He desires. The Grace of God does not have any limit

Hilali - Khan

So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no power whatsoever over the Grace of Allah, and that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

This is so in order that the non-believing people of the Book may know that they have no control over the grace of Allah and that the grace is entirely in the hands of Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases And Allah is the Possessor of great grace.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Have fear of God and believe in His Messenger) so that the followers of the Bible will know that they can receive no reward from God. They should know that all favors are in the hands of God. He grants them to whomever He wants. The favors of God are great

Muhammad Asad

And the followers of earlier revelation should know that they have no power whatever over any of God’s bounty, seeing that all bounty is in God’s hand [alone]: He grants it unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty

Faridul Haque

This is so that the disbelievers among People given the Book(s) may know that they do not have any control over Allah’s munificence, and that the munificence is in Allah’s Hand – He bestows to whomever He wills; and Allah is Extremely Munificent

Mustafa Khattab 2018

˹This is so˺ that the People of the Book ˹who deny the Prophet˺ may know that they do not have any control over Allah’s grace, and that all grace is in Allah’s Hands. He grants it to whoever He wills. For Allah is the Lord of infinite bounty.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(The purpose of this exposition is) that the People of the Book may know that they have no control over Allah’s bounty, and that the entire bounty is in the Mighty Hand of Allah alone. He gives it to whom He likes, and Allah is the Lord of infinite bounty, Most Great

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allah and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah ; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty

Dr. Munir Munshey

So the people of the book may know that they do not have any control (or exclusive right) over (the distribution of) Allah´s bounties. In fact, the bounties rest in the hands of Allah, and He confers them upon whomever He wishes. Allah is the Lord of the highest honor

Corpus.Quran

So that may know (the) People (of) the Book that not they have power over anything from (the) Bounty (of) Allah and that the Bounty (is) in Allah's Hand (is) in Allah's Hand He gives it whom He wills And Allah (is) the Possessor of Bounty (is) the Possessor of Bounty the Great

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Lest that the Population of the Book (Or: The Family of the Book, i.e., the Jews and Christians) should know that they are able to estimate anything of the Grace of Allah, and that the Grace is in the Hand of Allah; He brings it to whomever He decides; and Allah is The Owner of the magnificent Grace

Mohammad Shafi

[Allah forgives the believers and is merciful to them] so that the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] should know that they have no power whatsoever over Allah's bounty and that His bounty is entirely in His Hand. He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is the Fountainhead of the greatest bounty

Shabbir Ahmed

And the People of the Scripture should know that they have no power whatsoever over the Bounty of Allah. All Bounty is in Allah's hand and He grants it according to His Laws. And Allah is the Lord of a tremendous bounty. (He is the Lord of the Worlds and the Lord of all mankind and discriminates not between people (1:1), (114:1))

Dr. Kamal Omar

So that Ahl-ul-Kitab [(mere) possessors of Al-Kitab] may not think that they (the Muslims who have developed Belief,) have no capability over any thing out of the Bounty of Allah. And that the Bounty is in the hand of Allah — He will bestow it on whom He will think proper. And Allah is the Possessor of the Great Bounty

Ahmed Hulusi

This is so the people of the book (those to whom religion – knowledge of the reality have been given) may know that they are not able to obtain anything from the bounty of Allah, and that all bounty is indeed by the hand of Allah (not through their own acquisition) and He gives to whom he wills... Allah is Dhul-Fadhlul Azim (possessor of great bounty).

Amatul Rahman Omar

(You will be so treated) lest the people of the Scripture should think that they (- the Muslims) have no control over the attainment of the grace and bounty of Allah and (so that they should know) that grace and bounty is entirely in the hands of Allah; He bestows it upon such as wishes to be granted it (and strives for it). And Allah is the Lord of immense grace and bounty

Ali Ünal

(This is told you so) that the people of the Book should know that they cannot determine or restrict anything of God’s grace, (and neither they nor Muslim believers will be able to attain anything of it unless they believe in Muhammad together with all the previous Prophets), and that all grace is in God’s Hand, He grants it to whom He wills. God is of tremendous grace

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

For that The Book's people not know that they not be capable/able on a thing from God's grace/favour , and that (E) the grace/favour (is) with God's hand, He gives/brings it (to) whom He wills/wants/intends, and God (is owner) of the grace/favour/blessing, the great. (Jews and Christians all claim to be God's favourite, this verse states that God's mercy and blessing is to whomever He intends, and not exclusively to Jews or Christians)