Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 107 (6:107)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم …

Quran 6:107 is ayah 107 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 141 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:107
وَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُمَآأَشْرَكُوا۟ ۗوَمَاجَعَلْنَٰكَعَلَيْهِمْحَفِيظًا ۖوَمَآأَنتَعَلَيْهِمبِوَكِيلٍ١٠٧
walaw shāa l-lahu mā ashrakū wamā jaʿalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan wamā anta ʿalayhim biwakīlin

But if Allāh had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.(107)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. شَآءَshāa(had) willed
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. مَآmānot (they would have)
  5. أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۗashrakūassociated partners (with Him)
  6. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  7. جَعَلْنَٰكَjaʿalnākaWe have made you
  8. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  9. حَفِيظًا ۖḥafīẓana guardian
  10. وَمَآwamāand not
  11. أَنتَantayou
  12. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim(are) over them
  13. بِوَكِيلٍbiwakīlina manager

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