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Yunus 49

Ayah 49 of 109 · Meccan

قُل لَّآ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِي ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۗ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۚ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٤٩

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allāh should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّآNotlā
  3. أَمۡلِكُI have poweramliku
  4. لِنَفۡسِيfor myselflinafsī
  5. ضَرّٗا(for) any harmḍarran
  6. وَلَاand notwalā
  7. نَفۡعًا(for) any profitnafʿan
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. شَآءَAllah willsshāa
  11. ٱللَّهُۗAllah willsl-lahu
  12. لِكُلِّFor everylikulli
  13. أُمَّةٍnationummatin
  14. أَجَلٌۚ(is) a termajalun
  15. إِذَاWhenidhā
  16. جَآءَcomesjāa
  17. أَجَلُهُمۡtheir termajaluhum
  18. فَلَاthen notfalā
  19. يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَthey remain behindyastakhirūna
  20. سَاعَةٗan hoursāʿatan
  21. وَلَاand notwalā
  22. يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَthey can precede (it)yastaqdimūna

Tafsir

Say to them O Messenger, 'I have no control over anything benefiting or harming me, so how can I control benefit or harm for other people, apart from what Allah wills? How then do I know the Ghaib? Allah has appointed a set time for the destruction of every nation; but only Allah knows the times. If the time of your destruction has arrived, it cannot be brought forward or delayed by even a second.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran