Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 117 (6:117)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Quran 6:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 142 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:117
إِنَّرَبَّكَهُوَأَعْلَمُمَنيَضِلُّعَنسَبِيلِهِۦ ۖوَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ١١٧
inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu man yaḍillu ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.(117)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  3. هُوَhuwaHe
  4. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
  5. مَنmanwho
  6. يَضِلُّyaḍillustrays
  7. عَنʿanfrom
  8. سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖsabīlihiHis way
  9. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  10. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
  11. بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided-ones

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