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Surah Al-A'raf Ayah 188

Al-A'raf · Ayah 188 · Juz 9 · Page 175

قُل لَّآ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِي نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡ كُنتُ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ وَبَشِيرٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٨٨

Qul lā amliku linafsī nafʿaw wa lā ḍarran illā mā shāʾallāh, wa law kuntu aʿlamul-ghayba lastakthartu minal-khayri wa mā massaniyas-sūʾ, in ana illā nadhīruw wa bashīrul liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."

Translation: Sahih International

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Tafsir

Say : "I possess no power over benefit or harm to myself except as Allah wills. If I had the knowledge of the Ghayb (Unseen), I should have secured for myself an abundance of wealth, and no evil should have touched me. I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings unto people who believe. (188)

The Messenger (ﷺ) does not know the Unseen, and He cannot bring Benefit or Harm even to Himself

Allah commanded His Prophet ﷺ to entrust all matters to Him and to inform, about himself, that he does not know the unseen future, but he knows of it only what Allah informs him. Allah said in another Ayah,

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا

((He Alone is) the All-Knower of the Ghayb (Unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghayb.)[72:26]

Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn 'Abbas said that,

وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ

(If I had the knowledge of the Ghayb (Unseen), I should have secured for myself an abundance of wealth.) refers to money. In another narration, Ibn 'Abbas commented, "I would have knowledge of how much profit I would make with what I buy, and I would always sell what I would make profit from,

وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ

("and no evil should have touched me.") and poverty would never touch me." Ibn Jarir said, "And others said, 'This means that if I know the Unseen then I would prepare for the years of famine during the prosperous years, and in the time of high cost, I would have prepared for it.'" 'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam also commented on this Ayah;

وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ

("and no evil should have touched me."), "I would have avoided and saved myself from any type of harm before it comes." Allah then stated that the Prophet ﷺ is a warner and bearer of good news. He warns against the torment and brings good news of Paradise for the believers,

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا

(So We have made this (the Qur'an) easy on your tongue, only that you may give glad tidings to the pious, and warn with it the most quarrelsome of people.)[19:97]

Word by word28 words

  • قُلSay
  • لَّآNot
  • أَمۡلِكُI have power
  • لِنَفۡسِيfor myself
  • نَفۡعٗا(to) benefit
  • وَلَاand no
  • ضَرًّا(power to) harm
  • إِلَّاexcept
  • مَاwhat
  • شَآءَwills
  • ٱللَّهُۚAllah
  • وَلَوۡAnd if
  • كُنتُI would
  • أَعۡلَمُknow
  • ٱلۡغَيۡبَ(of) the unseen
  • لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُsurely I could have multiplied
  • مِنَof
  • ٱلۡخَيۡرِthe good
  • وَمَاand not
  • مَسَّنِيَ(could) have touched me
  • ٱلسُّوٓءُۚthe evil
  • إِنۡNot
  • أَنَا۠(am) I
  • إِلَّاexcept
  • نَذِيرٞa warner
  • وَبَشِيرٞand a bearer of good tidings
  • لِّقَوۡمٖto a people
  • يُؤۡمِنُونَwho believe

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