Quran 6:117 — Al-An'aam, verse 117
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَنْ يَضِلُّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu man yaḍillu ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thy Lord knows very well who goes astray from His path; He knows very well the right-guided.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, thy Sustainer knows best as to who strays from His path, and best knows He as to who are the right-guided.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 3 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 4 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | knows best | علم |
| 5 | مَنman | who | — |
| 6 | يَضِلُّyaḍillu | strays | ضلل |
| 7 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 8 | سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖsabīlihi | His way | سبل |
| 9 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 10 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 11 | بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna | of the guided-ones | هدي |