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Ali 'Imran 128

Ayah 128 of 200 · Medinan

لَيۡسَ لَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ شَيۡءٌ أَوۡ يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَوۡ يُعَذِّبَهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٢٨

Not for you, [O Muḥammad, but for Allāh], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَيۡسَNotlaysa
  2. لَكَfor youlaka
  3. مِنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡأَمۡرِthe decisionl-amri
  5. شَيۡءٌ(of) anythingshayon
  6. أَوۡwhetheraw
  7. يَتُوبَHe turnsyatūba
  8. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  9. أَوۡoraw
  10. يُعَذِّبَهُمۡpunishes themyuʿadhibahum
  11. فَإِنَّهُمۡfor indeed, theyfa-innahum
  12. ظَٰلِمُونَ(are) wrongdoersẓālimūna

Tafsir

After the believers had been afflicted in the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed to Allah to destroy the idolaters and some of their leaders. Yet Allah told him that the matter of destruction and punishment lies only with Him alone and that the Prophet has no decision in it. So, be patient until Allah decides between you: either allowing them to repent to Him, asking for forgiveness, so that they are saved; or permitting them to continue in their disbelief, so that they are punished. Those continuing in disbelief are wrongdoers and deserve a punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran