Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 6 (42:6)

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وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم …

Quran 42:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 483 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:6
وَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّخَذُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦٓأَوْلِيَآءَٱللَّهُحَفِيظٌعَلَيْهِمْوَمَآأَنتَعَلَيْهِمبِوَكِيلٍ٦
wa-alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūnihi awliyāa l-lahu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wamā anta ʿalayhim biwakīlin

And those who take as allies other than Him - Allāh is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muḥammad], are not over them a manager.(6)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
  3. مِنminbesides
  4. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides
  5. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
  6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  7. حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun(is) a Guardian
  8. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  9. وَمَآwamāand not
  10. أَنتَantayou
  11. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim(are) over them
  12. بِوَكِيلٍbiwakīlina manager

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