The Holy Quran 17:18 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

Translation

Whoever desires the pleasures of this world, We shall speedily grant (him/her) whatever We will (not necessarily what s/he wills) for whoever We will (and not for everyone who wills) in this very world, and then We will appoint Jahannam for him. He will enter it admonished (condemned) and rejected.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, it is not necessary that every lover of this world be destroyed at once. No; of those who roam about solely for the goods of this world, We give worldly provision to whomever We will and as much as We will, in accordance with Our wisdom and purpose, so that they receive the transient fruit of their efforts and their transient good deeds.

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