Surah Ar-Ra'd, ayah 11
لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ
For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
Ar-Ra'd · 13:11
Word by word
- لَهُۥlahuFor him
- مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌۭmuʿaqqibātun(are) successive (Angels)
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَيْنِbayni(before)
- يَدَيْهِyadayhi(him)
- وَمِنْwaminand from
- خَلْفِهِۦkhalfihiand behind him
- يَحْفَظُونَهُۥyaḥfaẓūnahuwho guard him
- مِنْminby
- أَمْرِamri(the) command
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يُغَيِّرُyughayyiruchange
- مَاmā(the condition)
- بِقَوْمٍbiqawminof a people
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُغَيِّرُوا۟yughayyirūthey change
- مَاmāwhat
- بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗbi-anfusihim(is) in themselves
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَرَادَarādawills
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِقَوْمٍۢbiqawminfor a people
- سُوٓءًۭاsūanmisfortune
- فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
- مَرَدَّmaraddaturning away
- لَهُۥ ۚlahuof it
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- مِنminany
- وَالٍwālinprotector
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