Quran 11:34 — Hud, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My advice will be no use to you if God wishes to leave you to your delusions: He is your Lord and to Him you will be returned.’
وَلَا يَنْفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِي إِنْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْصَحَ لَكُمْ إِنْ كَانَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
walā yanfaʿukum nuṣ'ḥī in aradttu an anṣaḥa lakum in kāna l-lahu yurīdu an yugh'wiyakum huwa rabbukum wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And my sincere counsel will not profit you, if I desire to counsel you sincerely, if God desires to pervert you; He is your Lord, and unto Him you shall be returned.'
- Muhammad Asad
- for, my advice will not benefit you -much as I desire to give you good advice - if it be God's will that you shall remain lost in grievous error. He is your Sustainer, and unto Him you must return."
- Sahih International
- And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (will) not | — |
| 2 | يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukum | benefit you | نفع |
| 3 | نُصْحِىٓnuṣ'ḥī | my advice | نصح |
| 4 | إِنْin | (even) if | — |
| 5 | أَرَدتُّaradttu | I wish | رود |
| 6 | أَنْan | to | — |
| 7 | أَنصَحَanṣaḥa | [I] advise | نصح |
| 8 | لَكُمْlakum | [to] you | — |
| 9 | إِنin | if | — |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | it was Allah's | كون |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | it was Allah's | أله |
| 12 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | will | رود |
| 13 | أَنan | to | — |
| 14 | يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚyugh'wiyakum | let you go astray | غوي |
| 15 | هُوَhuwa | He (is) | — |
| 16 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 17 | وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhi | and to Him | — |
| 18 | تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna | you will be returned | رجع |