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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 17of 73

قُلْ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
مَنmanWho
ذَاdhā(is) it that
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) it that
يَعْصِمُكُمyaʿṣimukum(can) protect you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
إِنْinIf
أَرَادَarādaHe intends
بِكُمْbikumfor you
سُوٓءًاsūanany harm
أَوْawor
أَرَادَarādaHe intends
بِكُمْbikumfor you
رَحْمَةًۭ ۚraḥmatana mercy
وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey will find
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany protector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīranany helper

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِىَ بِعَوْرَةٍ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلاَّ فِرَاراً("Truly, our homes lie open." And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.) If the enemy had entered upon them from every side of Al-Madinah and from every direction, then demanded that they become disbelievers, they would have promptly done so. They would not have adhered to their faith or remained steadfast in it if they were faced with the slightest fear.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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