Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:188

7:188

قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

qul lā amliku linafsī nafʿan walā ḍarran illā mā shāa l-lahu walaw kuntu aʿlamu l-ghayba la-is'takthartu mina l-khayri wamā massaniya l-sūu in anā illā nadhīrun wabashīrun liqawmin yu'minūna

Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘I have no control over benefit or harm, [even] to myself, except as God may please: if I had knowledge of what is hidden, I would have abundant good things and no harm could touch me. I am no more than a bearer of warning, and good news to those who believe.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I possess no power over benefit or harm to myself except as Allâh wills. If I had the knowledge of the Ghaib (Unseen), I should have secured for myself an abundance of wealth, and no evil should have touched me. I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings unto people who believe."

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

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّآlāNot
أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myself
نَفْعًۭاnafʿan(to) benefit
وَلَاwalāand no
ضَرًّاḍarran(power to) harm
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
شَآءَshāawills
ٱللَّهُۚl-lahuAllah
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
كُنتُkuntuI would
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow
ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba(of) the unseen
لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُla-is'takthartusurely I could have multiplied
مِنَminaof
ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayrithe good
وَمَاwamāand not
مَسَّنِىَmassaniya(could) have touched me
ٱلسُّوٓءُۚl-sūuthe evil
إِنْinNot
أَنَا۠anā(am) I
إِلَّاillāexcept
نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
وَبَشِيرٌۭwabashīrunand a bearer of good tidings
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminto a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe