Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:6

42:6

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

wa-alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūnihi awliyāa l-lahu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wamā anta ʿalayhim biwakīlin

And those who take as allies other than Him - Allāh is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muḥammad], are not over them a manager.

— Saheeh International

As for those who take protectors other than Him, God is watching them; you are not responsible for them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And as for those who take as Auliyâ’ (guardians, supporters, helpers, lords, gods, protectors) others besides Him [i.e. they take false deities other than Allâh as protectors, and they worship them] - Allâh is Hafîz (Protector, Watcher) over them (i.e. takes care of their deeds and will recompense them), and you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) are not a Wakîl (guardian or a disposer of their affairs) over them (to protect their deeds).

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

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Word by Word

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
مِنminbesides
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun(is) a Guardian
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنتَantayou
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim(are) over them
بِوَكِيلٍۢbiwakīlina manager