إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩
Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
- نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
- نَزَّلۡنَاhave sent downnazzalnā
- ٱلذِّكۡرَthe Reminderl-dhik'ra
- وَإِنَّاand indeed, Wewa-innā
- لَهُۥof itlahu
- لَحَٰفِظُونَ(are) surely Guardianslaḥāfiẓūna
Tafsir
I alone revealed this Qur’ān to the heart of Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a reminder for people. I will guard the Qur’ān from anything being added to it or subtracted from it, or anything in it being exchanged or altered.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran