Quran 6:88 — Al-An'aam, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Such is God’s guidance, with which He guides whichever of His servants He will. If they had associated other gods with Him, all their deeds would have come to nothing.
ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى اللَّهِ يَهْدِي بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
dhālika hudā l-lahi yahdī bihi man yashāu min ʿibādihi walaw ashrakū laḥabiṭa ʿanhum mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is God's guidance; He guides by it whom He will of His servants; had they been idolaters, it would have failed them, the things they did.
- Muhammad Asad
- Such is God's guidance: He guides therewith whomever He wills of His servants. And had they ascribed divinity to aught beside Him-in vain, indeed, would have been all [the good] that they ever did:
- Sahih International
- That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allāh, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | هُدَىhudā | (is the) Guidance | هدي |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | يَهْدِىyahdī | He guides | هدي |
| 5 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 6 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 7 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 8 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 9 | عِبَادِهِۦ ۚʿibādihi | His slaves | عبد |
| 10 | وَلَوْwalaw | But if | — |
| 11 | أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū | they (had) associated partners (with Allah) | شرك |
| 12 | لَحَبِطَlaḥabiṭa | surely (would be) worthless | حبط |
| 13 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | for them | — |
| 14 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 15 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 16 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |