Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:56

28:56

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

innaka lā tahdī man aḥbabta walākinna l-laha yahdī man yashāu wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna

Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

— Saheeh International

You [Prophet] cannot guide everyone you love to the truth; it is God who guides whoever He will: He knows best those who will follow guidance.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) guide not whom you like, but Allâh guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided.

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
لَاlā(can) not
تَهْدِىtahdīguide
مَنْmanwhom
أَحْبَبْتَaḥbabtayou love
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَهْدِىyahdīguides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۚyashāuHe wills
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna(of) the guided ones