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An-Nahl 37

Ayah 37 of 128 · Meccan

إِن تَحۡرِصۡ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَن يُضِلُّۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٣٧

[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray,1 and they will have no helpers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 As a result of their choice to reject guidance.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنIfin
  2. تَحۡرِصۡyou desiretaḥriṣ
  3. عَلَىٰ[for]ʿalā
  4. هُدَىٰهُمۡtheir guidancehudāhum
  5. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  6. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  7. لَا(will) notlā
  8. يَهۡدِيguideyahdī
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. يُضِلُّۖHe lets go astrayyuḍillu
  11. وَمَاand not (are)wamā
  12. لَهُمfor themlahum
  13. مِّنanymin
  14. نَّٰصِرِينَhelpersnāṣirīna

Tafsir

Even though you - O Messenger - try everything you can to call these people being so eager for their guidance, Allah will not guide those whom He misguides and they will have none besides Allah to assist them by protecting them from the punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran