The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 188

7:188 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:188

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Arabic English Morphology
قُل qul
Say V
لَّآ lā
Not Prep
أَمْلِكُ amliku
I have power V
لِنَفْسِى linafsī
for myself Noun
نَفْعًا nafʿan
(to) benefit Noun
وَلَا walā
and no Prep
ضَرًّا ḍarran
(power to) harm Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
مَا mā
what Noun
شَآءَ shāa
wills V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
وَلَوْ walaw
And if Prep
كُنتُ kuntu
I would V
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu
know V
ٱلْغَيْبَ l-ghayba
(of) the unseen Noun
لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ la-is'takthartu
surely I could have multiplied V
مِنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلْخَيْرِ l-khayri
the good Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
مَسَّنِىَ massaniya
(could) have touched me V
ٱلسُّوٓءُ l-sūu
the evil Noun
إِنْ in
Not Prep
أَنَا۠ anā
(am) I Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
نَذِيرٌ nadhīrun
a warner Noun
وَبَشِيرٌ wabashīrun
and a bearer of good tidings Noun
لِّقَوْمٍ liqawmin
to a people Noun
يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna
who believe V

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.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قُل لَّاۤ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِی نَفۡعࣰا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡ كُنتُ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبَ لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَیۡرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِیَ ٱلسُّوۤءُۚ إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ وَبَشِیرࣱ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٨٨

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'minūn

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