Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 21 (72:21)

ٱلْجِنّ

قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا

Quran 72:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 573 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:21
قُلْإِنِّىلَآأَمْلِكُلَكُمْضَرًّاوَلَارَشَدًا٢١
qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarran walā rashadan

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."(21)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  3. لَآlā(do) not
  4. أَمْلِكُamlikupossess
  5. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  6. ضَرًّاḍarranany harm
  7. وَلَاwalāand not
  8. رَشَدًاrashadanright path

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