Surah Saba, Ayah 50 (34:50)

سَبَأ

قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ …

Quran 34:50 is ayah 50 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 434 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:50
قُلْإِنضَلَلْتُفَإِنَّمَآأَضِلُّعَلَىٰنَفْسِى ۖوَإِنِٱهْتَدَيْتُفَبِمَايُوحِىٓإِلَىَّرَبِّىٓ ۚإِنَّهُۥسَمِيعٌقَرِيبٌ٥٠
qul in ḍalaltu fa-innamā aḍillu ʿalā nafsī wa-ini ih'tadaytu fabimā yūḥī ilayya rabbī innahu samīʿun qarībun

Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."(50)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنinIf
  3. ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI err
  4. فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāthen only
  5. أَضِلُّaḍilluI will err
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
  7. نَفْسِى ۖnafsīmyself
  8. وَإِنِwa-iniBut if
  9. ٱهْتَدَيْتُih'tadaytuI am guided
  10. فَبِمَاfabimāthen it is by what
  11. يُوحِىٓyūḥīreveals
  12. إِلَىَّilayyato me
  13. رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
  14. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  15. سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
  16. قَرِيبٌqarībunEver-Near

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