Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:15

22:15

مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ

man kāna yaẓunnu an lan yanṣurahu l-lahu fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati falyamdud bisababin ilā l-samāi thumma l'yaqṭaʿ falyanẓur hal yudh'hibanna kayduhu mā yaghīẓu

Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?

— Saheeh International

Anyone who thinks that God will not support him in this world and the next should stretch a rope up to the sky, climb all the way up it, and see whether this strategy removes the cause of his anger.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whoever thinks that Allâh will not help him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in this world and in the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and let him strangle himself. Then let him see whether his plan will remove that whereat he rages!

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

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Word by Word

مَنmanWhoever
كَانَkāna[is]
يَظُنُّyaẓunnuthinks
أَنanthat
لَّنlannot
يَنصُرَهُyanṣurahuAllah will help him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will help him
فِىfīin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
فَلْيَمْدُدْfalyamdudthen let him extend
بِسَبَبٍbisababina rope
إِلَىilāto
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
ثُمَّthummathen
لْيَقْطَعْl'yaqṭaʿlet him cut off
فَلْيَنظُرْfalyanẓurthen let him see
هَلْhalwhether
يُذْهِبَنَّyudh'hibannawill remove
كَيْدُهُۥkayduhuhis plan
مَاmāwhat
يَغِيظُyaghīẓuenrages