Quran 7:178 — Al-A'raaf, verse 178
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
whoever God guides is truly guided, and whoever God allows to stray is a loser.
مَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي ۖ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
man yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadī waman yuḍ'lil fa-ulāika humu l-khāsirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whomsoever God guides, he is rightly guided; and whom He leads astray -- they are the losers.
- Muhammad Asad
- He whom God guides, he alone is truly guided; whereas those whom He lets go astray-it is they, they who are the losers!
- Sahih International
- Whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - it is those who are the losers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَنman | Whoever | — |
| 2 | يَهْدِyahdi | (is) guided | هدي |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 4 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then he | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖl-muh'tadī | (is) the guided one | هدي |
| 6 | وَمَنwaman | while whoever | — |
| 7 | يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lil | He lets go astray | ضلل |
| 8 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 9 | هُمُhumu | [they] | — |
| 10 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna | (are) the losers | خسر |