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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 37 (16:37)

ٱلنَّحْل

إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

Quran 16:37 is ayah 37 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 271 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:37
إِنتَحْرِصْعَلَىٰهُدَىٰهُمْفَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَهْدِىمَنيُضِلُّ ۖوَمَالَهُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ٣٧
in taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fa-inna l-laha lā yahdī man yuḍillu wamā lahum min nāṣirīna

[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.(37)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. تَحْرِصْtaḥriṣyou desire
  3. عَلَىٰʿalā[for]
  4. هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhumtheir guidance
  5. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. لَاlā(will) not
  8. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
  9. مَنmanwhom
  10. يُضِلُّ ۖyuḍilluHe lets go astray
  11. وَمَاwamāand not (are)
  12. لَهُمlahumfor them
  13. مِّنminany
  14. نَّٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

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