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Qur’an 72:21 Al-Jinn, verse 21

قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا رَشَدًۭا

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Jinn (72)
Verse
21 of 28
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
573

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
قُلْqulSayق و ل
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
لَآlā(do) not
أَمْلِكُamlikupossessم ل ك
لَكُمْlakumfor you
ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harmض ر ر
وَلَاwalāand not
رَشَدًۭاrashadanright pathر ش د

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 72:21 in Al-Jinn.

  • 72:19وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًۭاAnd that when the Servant of Allah stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."
  • 72:20قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭاSay, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."
  • 72:22قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌۭ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًاSay, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allah anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.
  • 72:23إِلَّا بَلَٰغًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًاBut [I have for you] only notification from Allah, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

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