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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 97of 111

وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًۭا وَبُكْمًۭا وَصُمًّۭا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًۭا﴿٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides We increase them in blazing fire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَهْدِyahdiAllah guides
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guides
فَهُوَfahuwathen he (is)
ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadithe guided one
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
فَلَنfalanthen never
تَجِدَtajidayou will find
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦ ۖdūnihibesides Him
وَنَحْشُرُهُمْwanaḥshuruhumAnd We will gather them
يَوْمَyawma(on) the Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
عَلَىٰʿalāon
وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
عُمْيًۭاʿum'yanblind
وَبُكْمًۭاwabuk'manand dumb
وَصُمًّۭا ۖwaṣummanand deaf
مَّأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumTheir abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
كُلَّمَاkullamāevery time
خَبَتْkhabatit subsides
زِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhumWe (will) increase (for) them
سَعِيرًۭاsaʿīranthe blazing fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Guidance and Misguidance are in the Hands of AllahAllah tells us how He deals with His creation and how His rulings are carried out. He tells us that there is none who can put back His judgement, for whomever He guides cannot be led astray,وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِ(and whomever He leaves astray can never find helpers other than Him)to guide him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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