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Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 41

سورة الدخان، الآية ٤١

44:41 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 498 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 44:41

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

Transliteration

yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

Translation

The Day when no relation1465 will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

Notes

[1465] i.e., patron, protector or close associate.

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Verse 41 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (44:41), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 498 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 41

Al-Mukhtasar

The day when no relative will benefit his relative or friend benefit his friend nor will they be saved from Allah’s punishment, because authority on that day will be for Allah. Nobody will be able to claim it.

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Other translations of verse 41

the Day when no patron11 will avail another in the least, nor will they be helped,

Notes

[11] i.e., protector, close associate, kith and kin, etc.

The Day when a Maulâ (a near relative) cannot avail a Maulâ (a near relative) in aught, and no help can they receive,

A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,

The Day a patronizer will not avail any patronized thing, and they will not be vindicated,

Verse 41 word by word

  1. يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day ي و م
  2. لَا lā not
  3. يُغْنِى yugh'nī will avail غ ن ي
  4. مَوْلًى mawlan a relation و ل ي
  5. عَن ʿan for
  6. مَّوْلًى mawlan a relation و ل ي
  7. شَيْـًٔا shayan anything ش ي أ
  8. وَلَا walā and not
  9. هُمْ hum they
  10. يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna will be helped ن ص ر

Verses related to verse 41

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:101

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.

  • Al-Ma’arij 70:10–11

    وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا …

    And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend, …

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  • At-Tur 52:46

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

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