Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:63

11:63

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ

qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī min'hu raḥmatan faman yanṣurunī mina l-lahi in ʿaṣaytuhu famā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīrin

He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allāh if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘My people, just think: if I did have clear proof from my Lord, and if He had given me mercy of His own, who could protect me from God if I disobeyed Him? You would only make my loss greater.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord, and there has come to me a Mercy (Prophethood) from Him, who then can help me against Allâh, if I were to disobey Him? Then you increase me not but in loss.

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

Juz 12Page 229meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
إِنinif
كُنتُkuntuI am
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He has given me
مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatana Mercy
فَمَنfamanthen who
يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī(can) help me
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
إِنْinif
عَصَيْتُهُۥۖʿaṣaytuhuI (were to) disobey Him
فَمَاfamāSo not
تَزِيدُونَنِىtazīdūnanīyou would increase me
غَيْرَghayrabut
تَخْسِيرٍۢtakhsīrin(in) loss