Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:42

21:42

قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

qul man yakla-ukum bi-al-layli wal-nahāri mina l-raḥmāni bal hum ʿan dhik'ri rabbihim muʿ'riḍūna

Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Who could protect you night and day from the Lord of Mercy?’ Yet they turn away when their Lord is mentioned.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the (punishment of the) Most Gracious (Allâh)?" Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
مَنmanWho
يَكْلَؤُكُمyakla-ukum(can) protect you
بِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliin the night
وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
مِنَminafrom
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِۗl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
بَلْbalYet
هُمْhumthey
عَنʿanfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
رَبِّهِمrabbihim(of) their Lord
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturn away