Surah An-Nisa, ayah 123
لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَآ أَمَانِىِّ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗ مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا يُجْزَ بِهِۦ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
It [i.e., Paradise] is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allāh a protector or a helper.
An-Nisa · 4:123
Word by word
- لَّيْسَlaysaNot
- بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْbi-amāniyyikumby your desire
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَمَانِىِّamāniyyi(by the) desire
- أَهْلِahli(of the) People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗl-kitābi(of) the Book
- مَنmanWhoever
- يَعْمَلْyaʿmaldoes
- سُوٓءًۭاsūanevil
- يُجْزَyuj'zawill be recompensed
- بِهِۦbihifor it
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَجِدْyajidhe will find
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- مِنminfrom
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany protector
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīranany helper
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