Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
Verse 54of 111
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭا﴿٥٤﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
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 Muhammad], over them as a manager.
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ(Your Lord knows you best;) O mankind, meaning, He knows best who among you deserves to be guided and who does not deserve to be guided.إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ(if He wills, He will have mercy on you,) by helping you to obey Him and turn to Him.أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ(or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you) - O Muhammad -عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلاً(as a guardian over them.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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