Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:31

42:31

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

— Saheeh International

you cannot escape Him anywhere on earth: you have no protector or helper other than God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you cannot escape from Allâh (i.e. His punishment) in the earth, and besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (guardian or a protector, helper) nor any helper.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنتُمantumyou
بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīna(can) escape
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِۖl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand not
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرٍۢnaṣīrinany helper