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Surah Yunus, Ayah 49 (10:49)

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قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۚ …

Quran 10:49 is ayah 49 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 214 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:49
قُللَّآأَمْلِكُلِنَفْسِىضَرًّاوَلَانَفْعًاإِلَّامَاشَآءَٱللَّهُ ۗلِكُلِّأُمَّةٍأَجَلٌ ۚإِذَاجَآءَأَجَلُهُمْفَلَايَسْتَْٔخِرُونَسَاعَةً ۖوَلَايَسْتَقْدِمُونَ٤٩
qul lā amliku linafsī ḍarran walā nafʿan illā mā shāa l-lahu likulli ummatin ajalun idhā jāa ajaluhum falā yastakhirūna sāʿatan walā yastaqdimūna

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allāh should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."(49)

Word by word

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّآlāNot
  3. أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
  4. لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myself
  5. ضَرًّاḍarran(for) any harm
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. نَفْعًاnafʿan(for) any profit
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
  11. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah wills
  12. لِكُلِّlikulliFor every
  13. أُمَّةٍummatinnation
  14. أَجَلٌ ۚajalun(is) a term
  15. إِذَاidhāWhen
  16. جَآءَjāacomes
  17. أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
  18. فَلَاfalāthen not
  19. يَسْتَْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey remain behind
  20. سَاعَةً ۖsāʿatanan hour
  21. وَلَاwalāand not
  22. يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnathey can precede (it)

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