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Surah Al-An’am, Verse 17

سورة الأنعام، الآية ١٧

6:17 Juz 7 Hizb 13 Page 129 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 6:17

وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُۥٓ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ۝١٧

Transliteration

wa-in yamsaska l-lahu biḍurrin falā kāshifa lahu illā huwa wa-in yamsaska bikhayrin fahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Translation

And if Allāh should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.

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Verse 17 of Surah Al-An’am (6:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 7, on page 129 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 17

Al-Mukhtasar

If any calamity from Allah afflicts you, O son of Adam, there is no one who can remove it from you besides Allah. If any good from Him comes to you, there is no one who can stop Him from that. There is no one who can hold back Allah’s grace. He has power over everything and nothing can overpower Him.

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Other translations of verse 17

If Allah afflicts you with harm, there is none to remove it except Him; if He grants you good, He is Most Capable of all things.

And if Allâh touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He touches you with good, then He is Able to do all things.

If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is none that can relieve therefrom save Him, and if He touch thee with good fortune (there is none that can impair it); for He is Able to do all things.

"If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.

And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to take it off but He; and if He visit you with good, then He has power over all things.

And in case Allah touches you with an adversity, then none (can) lift it off except He, and in case He touches you with charity, (i.e., benefit, welfare) then He is Ever-Determiner over everything.

Verse 17 word by word

  1. وَإِن wa-in And if
  2. يَمْسَسْكَ yamsaska touches you م س س
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  4. بِضُرٍّ biḍurrin with affliction ض ر ر
  5. فَلَا falā then no
  6. كَاشِفَ kāshifa remover ك ش ف
  7. لَهُۥٓ lahu of it
  8. إِلَّا illā except
  9. هُوَ huwa Him
  10. وَإِن wa-in And if
  11. يَمْسَسْكَ yamsaska He touches you م س س
  12. بِخَيْرٍ bikhayrin with good خ ي ر
  13. فَهُوَ fahuwa then He
  14. عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) on
  15. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  16. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  17. قَدِيرٌ qadīrun All-Powerful ق د ر

Verses related to verse 17

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ali ’Imran 3:185

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ

    Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Yunus 10:107

    وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُۥٓ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِن يُرِدْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَلَا رَآدَّ لِفَضْلِهِۦ يُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And if Allāh should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him; and if He intends for you good, then there is no repeller of His bounty. He causes it to reach whom He wills of His servants. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

  • Hud 11:4

    إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    To Allāh is your return, and He is over all things competent."

  • Ali ’Imran 3:189

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allāh is over all things competent.

  • Al-Mulk 67:1

    تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:120

    لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌۢ

    To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent.

  • Al-Hadid 57:2

    لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

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