Quran 7:188 — Al-A'raaf, verse 188
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘I have no control over benefit or harm, [even] to myself, except as God may please: if I had knowledge of what is hidden, I would have abundant good things and no harm could touch me. I am no more than a bearer of warning, and good news to those who believe.’
قُلْ لَا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
qul lā amliku linafsī nafʿan walā ḍarran illā mā shāa l-lahu walaw kuntu aʿlamu l-ghayba la-is'takthartu mina l-khayri wamā massaniya l-sūu in anā illā nadhīrun wabashīrun liqawmin yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I have no power to profit for myself; or hurt, but as God will. Had I knowledge of the Unseen I would have acquired much good, and evil would not have touched me. I am only a warner, and a bearer of good tidings, to a people believing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: "It is not within my power to bring benefit to, or avert harm from, myself, except as God may please. And if I knew that which is beyond the reach of human perception, abundant good fortune-would surely have fallen to my lot, and no evil would ever have touched me. I am nothing but a warner, and a herald of glad tidings unto people who will believe."
- Sahih International
- Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 3 | أَمْلِكُamliku | I have power | ملك |
| 4 | لِنَفْسِىlinafsī | for myself | نفس |
| 5 | نَفْعًۭاnafʿan | (to) benefit | نفع |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and no | — |
| 7 | ضَرًّاḍarran | (power to) harm | ضرر |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | شَآءَshāa | wills | شيأ |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 13 | كُنتُkuntu | I would | كون |
| 14 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | know | علم |
| 15 | ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba | (of) the unseen | غيب |
| 16 | لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُla-is'takthartu | surely I could have multiplied | كثر |
| 17 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 18 | ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri | the good | خير |
| 19 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 20 | مَسَّنِىَmassaniya | (could) have touched me | مسس |
| 21 | ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚl-sūu | the evil | سوأ |
| 22 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 23 | أَنَا۠anā | (am) I | — |
| 24 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 25 | نَذِيرٌۭnadhīrun | a warner | نذر |
| 26 | وَبَشِيرٌۭwabashīrun | and a bearer of good tidings | بشر |
| 27 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | to a people | قوم |
| 28 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | who believe | أمن |