Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 22 (29:22)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 29:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 398 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:22
وَمَآأَنتُمبِمُعْجِزِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖوَمَالَكُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّوَلَانَصِيرٍ٢٢
wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi walā fī l-samāi wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allāh any protector or any helper.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَنتُمantumyou
  3. بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnacan escape
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖl-samāithe heaven
  9. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  10. لَكُمlakumfor you
  11. مِّنminbesides
  12. دُونِdūnibesides
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  14. مِنminany
  15. وَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector
  16. وَلَاwalāand not
  17. نَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper

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