Surah At-Takwir — Verse 29

The Overthrowing · 81:29 · 29/29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama tashaoona illa anyashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

But you will only wish to do so by the will of God, the Lord of all people.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And you cannot intend (to do anything) unless it is so willed by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allâh wills - the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way].