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Al-Ahzab 17

Ayah 17 of 73 · Medinan

قُلۡ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَعۡصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ سُوٓءًا أَوۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ١٧

Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allāh1 if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or any helper.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., prevent the will of Allāh from being carried out.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. مَنWhoman
  3. ذَا(is) it thatdhā
  4. ٱلَّذِي(is) it thatalladhī
  5. يَعۡصِمُكُم(can) protect youyaʿṣimukum
  6. مِّنَfrommina
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. إِنۡIfin
  9. أَرَادَHe intendsarāda
  10. بِكُمۡfor youbikum
  11. سُوٓءًاany harmsūan
  12. أَوۡoraw
  13. أَرَادَHe intendsarāda
  14. بِكُمۡfor youbikum
  15. رَحۡمَةٗۚa mercyraḥmatan
  16. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  17. يَجِدُونَthey will findyajidūna
  18. لَهُمfor themlahum
  19. مِّنbesidesmin
  20. دُونِbesidesdūni
  21. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  22. وَلِيّٗاany protectorwaliyyan
  23. وَلَاand notwalā
  24. نَصِيرٗاany helpernaṣīran

Tafsir

O Messenger, say to them: “Who can save you from Allah if He intends for you the death or being killed you dislike, or He intends for you the safety and good you hope for? There is nobody to save you from that”. And these hypocrites will not find for themselves any associate besides Allah to take care of their affairs, nor any helper to save them from Allah punishing them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran