Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:49

10:49

قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۚ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

qul lā amliku linafsī ḍarran walā nafʿan illā mā shāa l-lahu likulli ummatin ajalun idhā jāa ajaluhum falā yastakhirūna sāʿatan walā yastaqdimūna

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allāh should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘I cannot control any harm or benefit that comes to me, except as God wills. There is an appointed term for every community, and when it is reached they can neither delay nor hasten it, even for a moment.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except what Allâh may will. For every Ummah (a community or a nation), there is a term appointed; when their term comes, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)." (Tafsir Al-Qurtubî).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّآlāNot
أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myself
ضَرًّۭاḍarran(for) any harm
وَلَاwalāand not
نَفْعًاnafʿan(for) any profit
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
شَآءَshāaAllah wills
ٱللَّهُۗl-lahuAllah wills
لِكُلِّlikulliFor every
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلٌۚajalun(is) a term
إِذَاidhāWhen
جَآءَjāacomes
أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
فَلَاfalāthen not
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey remain behind
سَاعَةًۭۖsāʿatanan hour
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnathey can precede (it)