Quran 33:38 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
the Prophet is not at fault for what God has ordained for him. This was God’s practice with those who went before- God’s command must be fulfilled-
مَا كَانَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مِنْ حَرَجٍ فِيمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ۖ سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قَدَرًا مَقْدُورًا
mā kāna ʿalā l-nabiyi min ḥarajin fīmā faraḍa l-lahu lahu sunnata l-lahi fī alladhīna khalaw min qablu wakāna amru l-lahi qadaran maqdūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is no fault in the Prophet, touching what God has ordained for him -- God's wont with those who passed away before; and God's commandment is doom decreed;
- Muhammad Asad
- [Hence,] no blame whatever attaches to the Prophet for [having done] what God has ordained for him. [Indeed, such was] God’s way with those that have passed away aforetime and [remember that] God’s will is always destiny absolute-;
- Sahih International
- There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allāh has imposed upon him. [This is] the established way of Allāh with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allāh a destiny decreed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (there can) be | كون |
| 3 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 4 | ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyi | the Prophet | نبأ |
| 5 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 6 | حَرَجٍۢḥarajin | discomfort | حرج |
| 7 | فِيمَاfīmā | in what | — |
| 8 | فَرَضَfaraḍa | Allah has imposed | فرض |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah has imposed | أله |
| 10 | لَهُۥ ۖlahu | on him | — |
| 11 | سُنَّةَsunnata | (That is the) Way | سنن |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 13 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 14 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 15 | خَلَوْا۟khalaw | passed away | خلو |
| 16 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 17 | قَبْلُ ۚqablu | before | قبل |
| 18 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 19 | أَمْرُamru | (the) Command | أمر |
| 20 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 21 | قَدَرًۭاqadaran | a decree | قدر |
| 22 | مَّقْدُورًاmaqdūran | destined | قدر |