Quran 11:31 — Hud, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I am not telling you that I hold God’s treasures, or have any knowledge of what is hidden, or that I am an angel. Nor do I say that God will not grant any good to those who are despised in your eyes: God Himself knows best what is in their souls. If I did this I would be one of the wrongdoers.’
وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ وَلَا أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِي أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّي إِذًا لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
walā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu innī malakun walā aqūlu lilladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lan yu'tiyahumu l-lahu khayran l-lahu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Will you not remember? I do not say to you, "I possess the treasuries of God"; I know not the Unseen; and I do not say, "I am an angel." Nor do I say to those your eyes despise, "God will not give them any good"; God knows best what is in their hearts. 'Surely in that case I should be among the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- "And I do not say unto you, `God's treasures are with me'; nor [do I say], `I know the reality which is beyond the reach of human perception'; nor do I say, 'Behold, I am an angel'; nor do I say of those whom your eyes hold in contempt, `Never will God grant them any good'- for God is fully aware of what is in their hearts. [Were I to speak thus,] verily, I would indeed be among the evildoers."
- Sahih International
- And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَآwalā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَقُولُaqūlu | I say | قول |
| 3 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 4 | عِندِىʿindī | (that) with me | عند |
| 5 | خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu | (are the) treasures | خزن |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | I know | علم |
| 9 | ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba | the unseen | غيب |
| 10 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | أَقُولُaqūlu | I say | قول |
| 12 | إِنِّىinnī | that I am | — |
| 13 | مَلَكٌۭmalakun | an Angel | ملك |
| 14 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 15 | أَقُولُaqūlu | I say | قول |
| 16 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those whom | — |
| 17 | تَزْدَرِىٓtazdarī | look down upon | زري |
| 18 | أَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukum | your eyes | عين |
| 19 | لَنlan | never | — |
| 20 | يُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumu | will Allah give them | أتي |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | will Allah give them | أله |
| 22 | خَيْرًا ۖkhayran | any good | خير |
| 23 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 24 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | knows best | علم |
| 25 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 26 | فِىٓfī | (is) in | — |
| 27 | أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihim | their souls | نفس |
| 28 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 29 | إِذًۭاidhan | then | — |
| 30 | لَّمِنَlamina | (will be) surely of | — |
| 31 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |