Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:54

17:54

رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا

rabbukum aʿlamu bikum in yasha yarḥamkum aw in yasha yuʿadhib'kum wamā arsalnāka ʿalayhim wakīlan

Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a manager.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord has the most knowledge about all of you: if He pleases He will have mercy on you, and if He pleases He will punish you. [Prophet], We did not send you to take charge of them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Your Lord knows you best; if He wills, He will have mercy on you, or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) as a guardian over them.

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

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Word by Word

رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lord
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِكُمْۖbikumof you
إِنinIf
يَشَأْyashaHe wills
يَرْحَمْكُمْyarḥamkumHe will have mercy on you
أَوْawor
إِنinif
يَشَأْyashaHe wills
يُعَذِّبْكُمْۚyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you
وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan(as) a guardian