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Surah Al-’Ankabut, Verse 22

سورة العنكبوت، الآية ٢٢

29:22 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 398 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 29:22

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi walā fī l-samāi wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

Translation

And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allāh any protector or any helper.

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Verse 22 of Surah Al-’Ankabut (29:22), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 398 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 22

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You are not going to escape your Lord, nor can you flee from His punishment on earth or in the heavens. You do not have besides Allah any helper to take care of your affairs nor do you have any assistant to lift His punishment from you.

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Other translations of verse 22

You cannot escape [His punishment] on earth or in heaven, and you have no protector or helper besides Allah.”

And you cannot escape in the earth or in the heaven (from Allah). And besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (Protector or Guardian) nor any Helper.

Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper.

"Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustrate (his Plan), nor have ye, besides Allah, any protector or helper."

And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have neither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.

And in no way are you able to be defiant to (Him), either in the earth or in the heaven. And in no way do you have, apart from Allah, either an Ever-Patronizing Patron or a Ready Vindicator."

Verse 22 word by word

  1. وَمَآ wamā And not
  2. أَنتُم antum you
  3. بِمُعْجِزِينَ bimuʿ'jizīna can escape ع ج ز
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  6. وَلَا walā and not
  7. فِى fī in
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heaven س م و
  9. وَمَا wamā And not
  10. لَكُم lakum for you
  11. مِّن min besides
  12. دُونِ dūni besides د و ن
  13. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  14. مِن min any
  15. وَلِىٍّ waliyyin protector و ل ي
  16. وَلَا walā and not
  17. نَصِيرٍ naṣīrin a helper ن ص ر

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  • Ash-Shuraa 42:31

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:107

    أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allāh any protector or any helper?

  • At-Tawbah 9:116

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    Indeed, to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or any helper.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:5

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

    Indeed, from Allāh nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven.

  • Hud 11:113

    وَلَا تَرْكَنُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ

    And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allāh any protectors; then you would not be helped.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:120

    وَلَن تَرْضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    And never will the Jews and the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allāh no protector or helper.

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