Surah Ash-Shuraa — Verse 31

The Consultation · 42:31 · 31/53

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

Wama antum bimuAAjizeena fee al-ardiwama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin walanaseer

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

you cannot escape Him anywhere on earth: you have no protector or helper other than God.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Ye cannot escape in the earth, for beside Allah ye have no protecting friend nor any helper.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (fleeing) through the earth; nor have ye, besides Allah, any one to protect or to help.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

You are not able to frustrate (Him) in the earth. And, besides Allah, you have neither someone to protect, nor someone to help.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And you cannot escape from Allâh (i.e. His punishment) in the earth, and besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (guardian or a protector, helper) nor any helper.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

You cannot frustrate Him in the earth; you have no protector nor helper against Allah.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and you cannot elude Him on earth, and you will have none to protect you from God [in the life to come], and none to bring you succour.

Noor International · source edition

(31) And you will not cause failure [to Allāh][1423] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

Notes

[1423]- i.e., escape from Him.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

31. And you cannot escape from Allâh (i.e. His punishment) in the earth, and besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (guardian or a protector, helper) nor any helper.