Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:34

11:34

وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

walā yanfaʿukum nuṣ'ḥī in aradttu an anṣaḥa lakum in kāna l-lahu yurīdu an yugh'wiyakum huwa rabbukum wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

— Saheeh International

My advice will be no use to you if God wishes to leave you to your delusions: He is your Lord and to Him you will be returned.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And my advice will not profit you, even if I wish to give you good counsel, if Allâh’s Will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord! and to Him you shall return."

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (will) not
يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
نُصْحِىٓnuṣ'ḥīmy advice
إِنْin(even) if
أَرَدتُّaradttuI wish
أَنْanto
أَنصَحَanṣaḥa[I] advise
لَكُمْlakum[to] you
إِنinif
كَانَkānait was Allah's
ٱللَّهُl-lahuit was Allah's
يُرِيدُyurīduwill
أَنanto
يُغْوِيَكُمْۚyugh'wiyakumlet you go astray
هُوَhuwaHe (is)
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned