Quran 34:21 — Saba, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
even though he had no authority over them. But [We aim] to distinguish those who believe in the life to come from those who doubt it: [Prophet], your Lord observes everything.
وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِالْآخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِي شَكٍّ ۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِيظٌ
wamā kāna lahu ʿalayhim min sul'ṭānin illā linaʿlama man yu'minu bil-ākhirati mimman huwa min'hā fī shakkin warabbuka ʿalā kulli shayin ḥafīẓun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet he had no authority over them, but that We might know him who believed in the Hereafter from him who was in doubt thereof Thy Lord is Guardian over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, he had no power at all over them: [for if We allow him to tempt man,] it is only to the end that We might make a clear distinction between those who [truly] believe in the life to come and those who are in doubt thereof: for thy Sustainer watches over all things.
- Sahih International
- And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 4 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 5 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 6 | سُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭānin | authority | سلط |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlama | that We (might) make evident | علم |
| 9 | مَنman | who | — |
| 10 | يُؤْمِنُyu'minu | believes | أمن |
| 11 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhirati | in the Hereafter | أخر |
| 12 | مِمَّنْmimman | from (one) who | — |
| 13 | هُوَhuwa | [he] | — |
| 14 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | about it | — |
| 15 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 16 | شَكٍّۢ ۗshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 17 | وَرَبُّكَwarabbuka | And your Lord | ربب |
| 18 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 19 | كُلِّkulli | all | كلل |
| 20 | شَىْءٍshayin | things | شيأ |
| 21 | حَفِيظٌۭḥafīẓun | (is) a Guardian | حفظ |