Quran 16:37 — An-Nahl, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Though you [Prophet] may be eager to guide them, God does not guide those who misguide [others], nor will they have anyone to help them.
إِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
in taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fa-inna l-laha lā yahdī man yuḍillu wamā lahum min nāṣirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Though thou art ever so eager to guide them, God guides not those whom He leads astray; they have no helpers.
- Muhammad Asad
- [As for those who are bent on denying the truth-] though thou be ever so eager to show them the right way, [know that,] verily, God does not bestow His guidance upon any whom He judges to have gone astray; and such shall have none to succour them [on Resurrection Day].
- Sahih International
- [Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تَحْرِصْtaḥriṣ | you desire | حرص |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [for] | — |
| 4 | هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhum | their guidance | هدي |
| 5 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | لَاlā | (will) not | — |
| 8 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 9 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 10 | يُضِلُّ ۖyuḍillu | He lets go astray | ضلل |
| 11 | وَمَاwamā | and not (are) | — |
| 12 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 13 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 14 | نَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīna | helpers | نصر |