Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 46 (42:46)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ …

Quran 42:46 is ayah 46 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 488 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:46
وَمَاكَانَلَهُممِّنْأَوْلِيَآءَيَنصُرُونَهُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِ ۗوَمَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَمَالَهُۥمِنسَبِيلٍ٤٦
wamā kāna lahum min awliyāa yanṣurūnahum min dūni l-lahi waman yuḍ'lili l-lahu famā lahu min sabīlin

And there will not be for them any allies to aid them other than Allāh. And whoever Allāh sends astray - for him there is no way.(46)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawill be
  3. لَهُمlahumfor them
  4. مِّنْminany
  5. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotector
  6. يَنصُرُونَهُمyanṣurūnahum(who) will help them
  7. مِّنminbesides
  8. دُونِdūnibesides
  9. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
  10. وَمَنwamanAnd whom
  11. يُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliAllah lets go astray
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
  13. فَمَاfamāthen not
  14. لَهُۥlahufor him
  15. مِنminany
  16. سَبِيلٍsabīlinway

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