Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:17

33:17

قُلْ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةً ۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

qul man dhā alladhī yaʿṣimukum mina l-lahi in arāda bikum sūan aw arāda bikum raḥmatan walā yajidūna lahum min dūni l-lahi waliyyan walā naṣīran

Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allāh if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or any helper.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘If God wishes to harm you, who can protect you? If God wishes to show you mercy, who can prevent Him?’ They will find no one but God to protect or help them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Who is he who can protect you from Allâh if He intends to harm you, or intends mercy on you?" And they will not find, besides Allâh, for themselves any Walî (protector, supporter) or any helper.

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
مَنmanWho
ذَاdhā(is) it that
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) it that
يَعْصِمُكُمyaʿṣimukum(can) protect you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
إِنْinIf
أَرَادَarādaHe intends
بِكُمْbikumfor you
سُوٓءًاsūanany harm
أَوْawor
أَرَادَarādaHe intends
بِكُمْbikumfor you
رَحْمَةًۭۚraḥmatana mercy
وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey will find
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany protector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīranany helper