Quran 11:88 — Hud, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He answered, ‘My people, can you not see? What if I am acting on clear evidence from my Lord? He Himself has given me good provision: I do not want to do what I am forbidding you to do, I only want to put things right as far as I can. I cannot succeed without God’s help: I trust in Him, and always turn to Him.
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَا أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ ۚ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْإِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī warazaqanī min'hu riz'qan ḥasanan wamā urīdu an ukhālifakum ilā mā anhākum ʿanhu in urīdu illā l-iṣ'lāḥa mā is'taṭaʿtu wamā tawfīqī illā bil-lahi ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ilayhi unību
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has provided me with fair provision from Him -- and I desire not to come behind you, betaking me to that I forbid you; I desire only to set things right, so far as I am able. My succour is only with God; in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn, penitent.
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: "O my people! What do you think? If [it be true that] I am taking my stand on a clear evidence from my Sustainer, who has vouchsafed me goodly sustenance [as a gift] from Himself - [how could I speak to you otherwise than I do]? And yet, I have no desire to do, out of opposition to you, what I am asking you not to do: I desire no more than to set things to rights in so far as it lies within my power; but the achievement of my aim depends on God alone. In Him have I placed my trust, and unto Him do I always turn!
- Sahih International
- He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...? And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you; I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allāh. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 3 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Do you see | رأي |
| 4 | إِنin | if | — |
| 5 | كُنتُkuntu | I am | كون |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 7 | بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatin | a clear evidence | بين |
| 8 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 9 | رَّبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | وَرَزَقَنِىwarazaqanī | and He has provided me | رزق |
| 11 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from Himself | — |
| 12 | رِزْقًاriz'qan | a good provision | رزق |
| 13 | حَسَنًۭا ۚḥasanan | a good provision | حسن |
| 14 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 15 | أُرِيدُurīdu | I intend | رود |
| 16 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 17 | أُخَالِفَكُمْukhālifakum | I differ from you | خلف |
| 18 | إِلَىٰilā | in | — |
| 19 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 20 | أَنْهَىٰكُمْanhākum | I forbid you | نهي |
| 21 | عَنْهُ ۚʿanhu | from it | — |
| 22 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 23 | أُرِيدُurīdu | I intend | رود |
| 24 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 25 | ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَl-iṣ'lāḥa | the reform | صلح |
| 26 | مَاmā | as much as I am able | — |
| 27 | ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚis'taṭaʿtu | as much as I am able | طوع |
| 28 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 29 | تَوْفِيقِىٓtawfīqī | (is) my success | وفق |
| 30 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 31 | بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 32 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | Upon Him | — |
| 33 | تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltu | I trust | وكل |
| 34 | وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhi | and to Him | — |
| 35 | أُنِيبُunību | I turn | نوب |