That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatsoever over Allah’s grace, and that all grace is in Allah’s hand; He gives it to whomever He wills. Allah is Possessor of Great Grace.
Al-Hadid 57:29
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لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
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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.
So the People of the Book may know that they don't control any of Allah's favor, and that all kindness belongs to Allah — He gives it to whoever He wants. Allah is the owner of great kindness.
So the People of the Book may know that they have no control over any part of Allah's grace, and that all grace is in Allah's Hand — He gives it to whoever He wills. Allah is the Owner of great grace.
So that the People of the Scripture may know that they have no power over anything of God’s grace, and that grace is in God’s hand — He gives it to whom He wills. God is the Possessor of immense grace.
So that the People of the Scripture may know that they have no control whatsoever over Allah’s grace, and that all grace is in Allah’s hand. He gives it to whomever He wills. And Allah has enormous grace.
So that the People of the Scripture may know that they have no control whatsoever over God’s grace, and that all grace is in God’s hand. He gives it to whomever He wills. And God has enormous grace.
[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allāh and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allāh; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.
So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no power whatsoever over the Grace of Allâh, and that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. And Allâh is the Owner of Great Bounty.
[This is] so that the People of the Book may know that they have no power over anything of Allah’s bounty and that all bounty is in the Hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He wills, for Allah is the Lord of great bounty.
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.
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.
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.
(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.
so that the People of the Book may know that they do not control Allah grace in any wise and that in Allah’s hand is all grace, which He grants to whomever He wishes and Allah is dispenser of a mighty grace.
Lialla yaAAlama ahlu alkitabi alla yaqdiroona AAala shayin min fadli Allahi waanna alfadla biyadi Allahi yuteehi man yashao waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi