Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:31

11:31

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

walā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu innī malakun walā aqūlu lilladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lan yu'tiyahumu l-lahu khayran l-lahu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."

— Saheeh International

I am not telling you that I hold God’s treasures, or have any knowledge of what is hidden, or that I am an angel. Nor do I say that God will not grant any good to those who are despised in your eyes: God Himself knows best what is in their souls. If I did this I would be one of the wrongdoers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And I do not say to you that with me are the Treasures of Allâh, nor that I know the Ghaib (Unseen), nor do I say I am an angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allâh will not bestow any good on them. Allâh knows what is in their inner-selves (as regards belief, etc.). In that case, I should, indeed be one of the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, oppressors)."

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

Juz 12Page 225meccan

Word by Word

وَلَآwalāAnd not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
لَكُمْlakumto you
عِندِىʿindī(that) with me
خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَآwalāand not
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI know
ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
وَلَآwalāand not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
إِنِّىinnīthat I am
مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
وَلَآwalāand not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whom
تَزْدَرِىٓtazdarīlook down upon
أَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukumyour eyes
لَنlannever
يُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumuwill Allah give them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah give them
خَيْرًاۖkhayranany good
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَاbimāwhat
فِىٓfī(is) in
أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihimtheir souls
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّمِنَlamina(will be) surely of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers