Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:11

13:11

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

lahu muʿaqqibātun min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi yaḥfaẓūnahu min amri l-lahi inna l-laha lā yughayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-anfusihim wa-idhā arāda l-lahu biqawmin sūan falā maradda lahu wamā lahum min dūnihi min wālin

For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

— Saheeh International

each person has guardian angels before him and behind, watching over him by God’s command. God does not change the condition of a people [for the worse] unless they change what is in themselves, but if He wills harm on a people, no one can ward it off–– apart from Him, they have no protector.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

For him (each person), there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the Command of Allâh. Verily! Allâh will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allâh). But when Allâh wills a people’s punishment, there can be no turning back of it, and they will find besides Him no protector.

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

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Word by Word

لَهُۥlahuFor him
مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌۭmuʿaqqibātun(are) successive (Angels)
مِّنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbayni(before)
يَدَيْهِyadayhi(him)
وَمِنْwaminand from
خَلْفِهِۦkhalfihiand behind him
يَحْفَظُونَهُۥyaḥfaẓūnahuwho guard him
مِنْminby
أَمْرِamri(the) command
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يُغَيِّرُyughayyiruchange
مَاmā(the condition)
بِقَوْمٍbiqawminof a people
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُغَيِّرُوا۟yughayyirūthey change
مَاmāwhat
بِأَنفُسِهِمْۗbi-anfusihim(is) in themselves
وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أَرَادَarādawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِقَوْمٍۢbiqawminfor a people
سُوٓءًۭاsūanmisfortune
فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
مَرَدَّmaraddaturning away
لَهُۥۚlahuof it
وَمَاwamāand not
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminfrom
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
مِنminany
وَالٍwālinprotector