Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 29 (30:29)

ٱلرُّوم

بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ …

Quran 30:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Ar-Rum (“The Romans”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 407 of the Madani Mushaf.

30:29
بَلِٱتَّبَعَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوٓا۟أَهْوَآءَهُمبِغَيْرِعِلْمٍ ۖفَمَنيَهْدِىمَنْأَضَلَّٱللَّهُ ۖوَمَالَهُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ٢٩
bali ittabaʿa alladhīna ẓalamū ahwāahum bighayri ʿil'min faman yahdī man aḍalla l-lahu wamā lahum min nāṣirīna

But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allāh has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.(29)

Word by word

  1. بَلِbaliNay
  2. ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollow
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
  5. أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
  6. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  7. عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
  8. فَمَنfamanThen who
  9. يَهْدِىyahdī(can) guide
  10. مَنْman(one) whom
  11. أَضَلَّaḍallaAllah has let go astray
  12. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah has let go astray
  13. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  14. لَهُمlahumfor them
  15. مِّنminany
  16. نَّٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

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