Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:37

13:37

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّا ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا وَاقٍ

wakadhālika anzalnāhu ḥuk'man ʿarabiyyan wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum baʿdamā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi mā laka mina l-lahi min waliyyin walā wāqin

And thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allāh any ally or any protector.

— Saheeh International

So We have sent down the Quran to give judgement in the Arabic language. If you were to follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would have no one to guard you or protect you from God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And thus have We sent it (the Qur’ân) down to be a judgement of authority in Arabic. Were you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which has come to you, then you will not have any Walî (protector) or Wâq (defender) against Allâh.

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

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وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have revealed it
حُكْمًاḥuk'man(to be) a judgment of authority
عَرَبِيًّۭاۚʿarabiyyan(in) Arabic
وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd if
ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamāafter what
جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
مِنَminaof
ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
مَاmānot
لَكَlakafor you
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
وَاقٍۢwāqindefender