Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 31 (42:31)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

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

Quran 42:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 486 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:31
وَمَآأَنتُمبِمُعْجِزِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِ ۖوَمَالَكُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّوَلَانَصِيرٍ٣١
wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.(31)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَنتُمantumyou
  3. بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīna(can) escape
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍithe earth
  6. وَمَاwamāand not
  7. لَكُمlakumfor you
  8. مِّنminbesides
  9. دُونِdūnibesides
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  11. مِنminany
  12. وَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector
  13. وَلَاwalāand not
  14. نَصِيرٍnaṣīrinany helper

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