Quran 8:51 — Al-Anfaal, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is caused by what your own hands have stored up for you: God is never unjust to His creatures.’
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ
dhālika bimā qaddamat aydīkum wa-anna l-laha laysa biẓallāmin lil'ʿabīdi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that, for what your hands have forwarded, and for that God is never unjust unto His servants.'
- Muhammad Asad
- in return for what your own hands have wrought - for, never does God do the least wrong to His creatures!"
- Sahih International
- That is for what your hands have put forth [of evil] and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | بِمَاbimā | (is) for what | — |
| 3 | قَدَّمَتْqaddamat | sent forth | قدم |
| 4 | أَيْدِيكُمْaydīkum | your hands | يدي |
| 5 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | And indeed | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | لَيْسَlaysa | (is) not | ليس |
| 8 | بِظَلَّـٰمٍۢbiẓallāmin | unjust | ظلم |
| 9 | لِّلْعَبِيدِlil'ʿabīdi | to His slaves | عبد |