Surah At-Takwir (التكوير) • The Overthrowing

Quran 81:29

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

But you will only wish to do so by the will of God, the Lord of all people.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allâh wills - the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَشَآءُونَtashāūnayou will
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَشَآءَyashāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
رَبُّrabbuLord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds