Surah Al-'Ankabut — Verse 22

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وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Wama antum bimuAAjizeena fee al-ardiwala fee assama-i wama lakum mindooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseer

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allāh any protector or any helper.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

You cannot escape Him on earth or in the heavens; you will have no one to protect or help you besides God.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustrate (his Plan), nor have ye, besides Allah, any protector or helper."

Mufti Taqi Usmani

You are not (able) to frustrate (Allah) neither in the earth nor in the sky. And, apart from Allah, you have neither a protector nor a helper.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And you cannot escape in the earth or in the heaven (from Allah). And besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (Protector or Guardian) nor any Helper.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

You cannot overpower Allah, neither on the earth nor in the heaven. None can protect you from Allah nor come to your aid against Him.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and never - not on earth and not in the skies - can you [hope to] elude Him: and you have none to protect you from God, and none to bring you succour.”