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يُّؤْتِى الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ ۚ وَمَنْ يُّؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ اُوْتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيْرًا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ اِلَّآ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ  ( البقرة: ٢٦٩ )

yu'tī
يُؤْتِى
He grants
l-ḥik'mata
ٱلْحِكْمَةَ
[the] wisdom
man
مَن
(to) whom
yashāu
يَشَآءُۚ
He wills
waman
وَمَن
and whoever
yu'ta
يُؤْتَ
is granted
l-ḥik'mata
ٱلْحِكْمَةَ
[the] wisdom
faqad
فَقَدْ
then certainly
ūtiya
أُوتِىَ
he is granted
khayran
خَيْرًا
good
kathīran
كَثِيرًاۗ
abundant
wamā
وَمَا
And none
yadhakkaru
يَذَّكَّرُ
remembers
illā
إِلَّآ
except
ulū
أُو۟لُوا۟
those
l-albābi
ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
(of) understanding

Yu'til Hikmata mai yashaaa'; wa mai yutal Hikmata faqad ootiya khairan kaseeraa; wa maa yazzakkaru illaaa ulul albaab (al-Baq̈arah 2:269)

Sahih International:

He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 269)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever is given wisdom is certainly given a lot of good. Only the people of understanding observe the advice.