Surah Saba, Ayah 42 (34:42)

سَبَأ

فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ …

Quran 34:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 433 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:42
فَٱلْيَوْمَلَايَمْلِكُبَعْضُكُمْلِبَعْضٍنَّفْعًاوَلَاضَرًّاوَنَقُولُلِلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟ذُوقُوا۟عَذَابَٱلنَّارِٱلَّتِىكُنتُمبِهَاتُكَذِّبُونَ٤٢
fal-yawma lā yamliku baʿḍukum libaʿḍin nafʿan walā ḍarran wanaqūlu lilladhīna ẓalamū dhūqū ʿadhāba l-nāri allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūna

But today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."(42)

Word by word

  1. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaBut today
  2. لَاlānot
  3. يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess power
  4. بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
  5. لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinon others
  6. نَّفْعًاnafʿanto benefit
  7. وَلَاwalāand not
  8. ضَرًّاḍarranto harm
  9. وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand We will say
  10. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
  11. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
  12. ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
  13. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  14. ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
  15. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  16. كُنتُمkuntumyou used
  17. بِهَاbihāto [it]
  18. تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny

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