Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:36

33:36

وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ۗ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـٰلًا مُّبِينًا

wamā kāna limu'minin walā mu'minatin idhā qaḍā l-lahu warasūluhu amran an yakūna lahumu l-khiyaratu min amrihim waman yaʿṣi l-laha warasūlahu faqad ḍalla ḍalālan mubīnan

It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allāh and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.

— Saheeh International

When God and His Messenger have decided on a matter that concerns them, it is not fitting for any believing man or woman to claim freedom of choice in that matter: whoever disobeys God and His Messenger is far astray.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error.

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

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وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkāna(it) is
لِمُؤْمِنٍۢlimu'mininfor a believing man
وَلَاwalāand not
مُؤْمِنَةٍmu'minatin(for) a believing woman
إِذَاidhāwhen
قَضَىqaḍāAllah has decided
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has decided
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His Messenger
أَمْرًاamrana matter
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūna(there) should be
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْخِيَرَةُl-khiyaratu(any) choice
مِنْminabout
أَمْرِهِمْۗamrihimtheir affair
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَعْصِyaʿṣidisobeys
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
ضَلَّḍallahe (has) strayed
ضَلَـٰلًۭاḍalālan(into) error
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear