Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 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
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."
Al-A'raf · 7:188
Word by word
- قُلqulSay
- لَّآlāNot
- أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
- لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myself
- نَفْعًۭاnafʿan(to) benefit
- وَلَاwalāand no
- ضَرًّاḍarran(power to) harm
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- شَآءَshāawills
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-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
- ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚl-sūuthe evil
- إِنْinNot
- أَنَا۠anā(am) I
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
- وَبَشِيرٌۭwabashīrunand a bearer of good tidings
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminto a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe
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