Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 51 (9:51)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَىٰنَا ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 9:51 is ayah 51 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 195 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:51
قُللَّنيُصِيبَنَآإِلَّامَاكَتَبَٱللَّهُلَنَاهُوَمَوْلَىٰنَا ۚوَعَلَىٱللَّهِفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ٥١
qul lan yuṣībanā illā mā kataba l-lahu lanā huwa mawlānā waʿalā l-lahi falyatawakkali l-mu'minūna

Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allāh has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allāh let the believers rely.(51)

Word by word

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّنlanNever
  3. يُصِيبَنَآyuṣībanāwill befall us
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. مَاmāwhat
  6. كَتَبَkatabaAllah has decreed
  7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has decreed
  8. لَنَاlanāfor us
  9. هُوَhuwaHe
  10. مَوْلَىٰنَا ۚmawlānā(is) our Protector
  11. وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd on
  12. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  13. فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkali[so] let the believers put (their) trust
  14. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna[so] let the believers put (their) trust

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