Cattle, Livestock 6:88

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Arabic English Morphology
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
هُدَى hudā
(is the) Guidance Noun
(of) Allah Noun
He guides V
بِهِۦ bihi
with it Noun
مَن man
whom Noun
He wills V
مِنْ min
of Prep
His slaves Noun
وَلَوْ walaw
But if Prep
they (had) associated partners (with Allah) V
لَحَبِطَ laḥabiṭa
surely (would be) worthless V
عَنْهُم ʿanhum
for them Prep
مَّا
what Noun
they used to V
do V

Such is God’s guidance, with which He guides whichever of His servants He will. If they had associated other gods with Him, all their deeds would have come to nothing

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ذَ ٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ یَهۡدِی بِهِۦ مَن یَشَاۤءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۚ وَلَوۡ أَشۡرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٨٨

dhālika hudā l-lahi yahdī bihi man yashāu min ʿibādihi walaw ashrakū laḥabiṭa ʿanhum mā kānū yaʿmalūn