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Inna Allaha la yughayyiru ma bi-qawmin

إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم

Surah Ar-Ra’d (13), verse 111 versetranslation: Saheeh International

Inna Allaha la yughayyiru ma bi-qawmin is found in the Quran: Surah Ar-Ra’d (13), verse 11. Read the Arabic text with its translation and explanation, and listen to it verse by verse.

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ ۝١١

11. For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]631 before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.632 Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,633 there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

Notes

[631] Replacing each other by turn.
[632] The phrase may also be rendered "...who guard him from [everything except] the decree of Allāh."
[633] i.e., punishment or destruction because of their sins.

Explanation: Al-Mukhtasar

13:11. 11. He, may He be glorified, has angels that come upon a person one after the other. Some of them come at night and some during the day. They protect the person by Allah’s command and they record his statements and actions. Allah does not change the good condition of a people for the worse unless they change the state of gratitude within themselves. When Allah, may He be glorified, wills destruction for a people, then no one can ward off what He wills. You, O people, do not have any one apart from Him who will take charge of your affairs and to whom you can resort to ward off the calamity that afflicts you.

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