Surah Ibrahim (ابراهيم) • Abraham

Quran 14:21

14:21

وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَيْنَـٰكُمْ ۖ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَجَزِعْنَآ أَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِن مَّحِيصٍ

wabarazū lillahi jamīʿan faqāla l-ḍuʿafāu lilladhīna is'takbarū innā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal antum mugh'nūna ʿannā min ʿadhābi l-lahi min shayin qālū law hadānā l-lahu lahadaynākum sawāon ʿalaynā ajaziʿ'nā am ṣabarnā mā lanā min maḥīṣin

And they will come out [for judgement] before Allāh all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allāh?" They will say, "If Allāh had guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we show intolerance or are patient: there is for us no place of escape."

— Saheeh International

When they all appear before Him, the weak will say to the powerseekers, ‘We were your followers. Can you protect us from any of God’s punishment?’ They will reply, ‘If God had guided us, we would have guided you. It makes no difference now whether we rage or endure with patience: there is no escape.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they all shall appear before Allâh (on the Day of Resurrection); then the weak will say to those who were arrogant (chiefs): "Verily, we were following you; can you avail us anything against Allâh’s Torment?" They will say: "Had Allâh guided us, we would have guided you. It makes no difference to us (now) whether we rage, or bear (these torments) with patience; there is no place of refuge for us."

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

Juz 13Page 258meccan

Word by Word

وَبَرَزُوا۟wabarazūAnd they will come forth
لِلَّهِlillahibefore Allah
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall together
فَقَالَfaqālathen will say
ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟l-ḍuʿafāuthe weak
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
لَكُمْlakumyour
تَبَعًۭاtabaʿanfollowers
فَهَلْfahalso can
أَنتُمantumyou (be)
مُّغْنُونَmugh'nūnathe one who avails
عَنَّاʿannāus
مِنْminfrom
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مِنminanything
شَىْءٍۢۚshayinanything
قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
لَوْlawIf
هَدَىٰنَاhadānāAllah had guided us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had guided us
لَهَدَيْنَـٰكُمْۖlahadaynākumsurely we would have guided you
سَوَآءٌsawāon(It is) same
عَلَيْنَآʿalaynāfor us
أَجَزِعْنَآajaziʿ'nāwhether we show intolerance
أَمْamor
صَبَرْنَاṣabarnāwe are patient
مَاmānot
لَنَاlanā(is) for us
مِنminany
مَّحِيصٍۢmaḥīṣinplace of escape