Quran 3:128 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 128
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whether God relents towards them or punishes them is not for you [Prophet] to decide: they are wrongdoers.
لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
laysa laka mina l-amri shayon aw yatūba ʿalayhim aw yuʿadhibahum fa-innahum ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No part of the matter is thine, whether He turns towards them again, or chastises them; for they are evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] it is in no wise for thee [O Prophet] to decide whether He shall accept their repentance or chastise them - for, behold, they are but wrongdoers,
- Sahih International
- Not for you, [O Muḥammad, but for Allāh], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَيْسَlaysa | Not | ليس |
| 2 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 3 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَمْرِl-amri | the decision | أمر |
| 5 | شَىْءٌshayon | (of) anything | شيأ |
| 6 | أَوْaw | whether | — |
| 7 | يَتُوبَyatūba | He turns | توب |
| 8 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 9 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 10 | يُعَذِّبَهُمْyuʿadhibahum | punishes them | عذب |
| 11 | فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahum | for indeed, they | — |
| 12 | ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna | (are) wrongdoers | ظلم |