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Al-Isra 54

Ayah 54 of 111 · Meccan

رَّبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡۖ إِن يَشَأۡ يَرۡحَمۡكُمۡ أَوۡ إِن يَشَأۡ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡۚ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَكِيلٗا ٥٤

Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a manager.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. رَّبُّكُمۡYour Lordrabbukum
  2. أَعۡلَمُ(is) most knowingaʿlamu
  3. بِكُمۡۖof youbikum
  4. إِنIfin
  5. يَشَأۡHe willsyasha
  6. يَرۡحَمۡكُمۡHe will have mercy on youyarḥamkum
  7. أَوۡoraw
  8. إِنifin
  9. يَشَأۡHe willsyasha
  10. يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡۚHe will punish youyuʿadhib'kum
  11. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  12. أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَWe have sent youarsalnāka
  13. عَلَيۡهِمۡover themʿalayhim
  14. وَكِيلٗا(as) a guardianwakīlan

Tafsir

Your Lord, O people, knows you best. Nothing of yours is hidden from Him. If He wishes to have mercy on you, He will have grace you with having faith and doing good deeds. And if He wishes to punish you, He can punish you by depriving you of faith, leaving you to die on disbelief. And He as not sent the Messenger as a deputy over people, to force them to believe, or stop them from disbelief or to record their deeds. The Messenger is only a conveyor of what Allah has ordered him to convey on His behalf.

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