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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 196

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٩٦

7:196 Juz 9 Hizb 18 Page 176 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:196

إِنَّ وَلِـِّۧىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝١٩٦

Transliteration

inna waliyyiya l-lahu alladhī nazzala l-kitāba wahuwa yatawallā l-ṣāliḥīna

Translation

Indeed, my protector is Allāh, who has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the righteous.

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Verse 196 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:196), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 176 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 196

Al-Mukhtasar

Truly, my protector is Allah, Who keeps me safe, so that I need no one besides Him. I fear nothing from your idols, because Allah sent down the Book as a guidance to people; and it is He Who protects those who do good among His creation, keeping them safe and helping them.

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Other translations of verse 196

My Protector is Allah Who has sent down the Book, for it is He Who protects the righteous.

Verily, my Walî (Protector, Supporter, and Helper) is Allâh Who has revealed the Book (the Qur’ân), and He protects (supports and helps) the righteous.

Lo! my Protecting Friend is Allah Who revealeth the Scripture. He befriendeth the righteous.

"For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.

Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends the good.

Surely my Ever-Patronizing Patron is Allah, Who has been sending down the Book and He patronizes the righteous..

Verse 196 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. وَلِـِّۧىَ waliyyiya my protector و ل ي
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah
  4. ٱلَّذِى alladhī the One Who
  5. نَزَّلَ nazzala revealed ن ز ل
  6. ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba the Book ك ت ب
  7. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  8. يَتَوَلَّى yatawallā protects و ل ي
  9. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ l-ṣāliḥīna the righteous ص ل ح

Verses related to verse 196

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hajj 22:73–74

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ …

    O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued. …

  • As-Saffat 37:95–96

    قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ …

    He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve, …

  • As-Saffat 37:93

    فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

    And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.

  • Maryam 19:42

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

    [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

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