Surah Ash-Shuraa 42:27

The Consultation · Verse 27 of 53 · Juz 25 · Page 486

۞ وَلَوْ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

And if Allāh had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Aware and Seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

For were God to extend His provision to His servants to all of them they would all of them surely become covetous in other words they would become tyrants in the earth; …

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 42:27, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.