Quran 68:7 — Al-Qalam, verse 7
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 بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, Just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray 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 | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 5 | بِمَنbiman | of (he) who | — |
| 6 | ضَلَّḍalla | has strayed | ضلل |
| 7 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 8 | سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihi | His way | سبل |
| 9 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 10 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 11 | بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna | of the guided ones | هدي |