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Hud 34

Ayah 34 of 123 · Meccan

وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ نُصۡحِيٓ إِنۡ أَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَنصَحَ لَكُمۡ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغۡوِيَكُمۡۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٤

And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (will) notwalā
  2. يَنفَعُكُمۡbenefit youyanfaʿukum
  3. نُصۡحِيٓmy advicenuṣ'ḥī
  4. إِنۡ(even) ifin
  5. أَرَدتُّI wisharadttu
  6. أَنۡtoan
  7. أَنصَحَ[I] adviseanṣaḥa
  8. لَكُمۡ[to] youlakum
  9. إِنifin
  10. كَانَit was Allah'skāna
  11. ٱللَّهُit was Allah'sl-lahu
  12. يُرِيدُwillyurīdu
  13. أَنtoan
  14. يُغۡوِيَكُمۡۚlet you go astrayyugh'wiyakum
  15. هُوَHe (is)huwa
  16. رَبُّكُمۡyour Lordrabbukum
  17. وَإِلَيۡهِand to Himwa-ilayhi
  18. تُرۡجَعُونَyou will be returnedtur'jaʿūna

Tafsir

Noah told them that his advice and counsel would not benefit them if Allah willed that they be led astray from the right path, and if He willed to leave them without guidance because of their stubbornness. He was their Lord and it was He Who had control over their lives, so He would lead them astray if He willed; and to Him alone they would be returned on the Day of Judgement, when they would be repaid for their actions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran