Quran 17:54 — Al-Israa, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord has the most knowledge about all of you: if He pleases He will have mercy on you, and if He pleases He will punish you. [Prophet], We did not send you to take charge of them.
رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِنْ يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا
rabbukum aʿlamu bikum in yasha yarḥamkum aw in yasha yuʿadhib'kum wamā arsalnāka ʿalayhim wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Your Lord knows you very well; if He will, He will have mercy on you, or, if He will, He will chastise you. We sent thee not to be a guardian over them.
- Muhammad Asad
- Your Sustainer is fully aware of what you are [and what you deserve]: if He so wills, he will bestow [His] grace upon you; and if He so wills, He will chastise you. Hence, We have not sent thee [unto men, O Prophet,] with the power to determine their fate,
- Sahih International
- Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a manager.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | رَّبُّكُمْrabbukum | Your Lord | ربب |
| 2 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 3 | بِكُمْ ۖbikum | of you | — |
| 4 | إِنin | If | — |
| 5 | يَشَأْyasha | He wills | شيأ |
| 6 | يَرْحَمْكُمْyarḥamkum | He will have mercy on you | رحم |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | إِنin | if | — |
| 9 | يَشَأْyasha | He wills | شيأ |
| 10 | يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚyuʿadhib'kum | He will punish you | عذب |
| 11 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 12 | أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnāka | We have sent you | رسل |
| 13 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 14 | وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan | (as) a guardian | وكل |