Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُsurely I could have multipliedla-is'takthartu
مِنَofmina
ٱلۡخَيۡرِthe goodl-khayri
وَمَاand notwamā
مَسَّنِيَ(could) have touched memassaniya
ٱلسُّوٓءُۚthe evill-sūu
إِنۡNotin
أَنَا۠(am) Ianā
إِلَّاexceptillā
نَذِيرٞa warnernadhīrun
وَبَشِيرٞand a bearer of good tidingswabashīrun
لِّقَوۡمٖto a peopleliqawmin
يُؤۡمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna
Tafsir
Say to them O Muhammad: 'I do not have the ability to bring good to myself, or to remove any harm from myself, except by Allah’s will. The dominion of these things belongs to Allah alone, and I only know what Allah taught me. I do not know the unseen, because if I did, I would have used what I know to serve my own interests, and to protect myself from misfortune, due to knowing about things before they happened. I am only a messenger from Allah, warning of a painful punishment, and bringing good news of Allah’s generous reward for a people who have faith, believing that I am a messenger from Him, and in what was revealed to me.'