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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 21

سورة الجن، الآية ٢١

72:21 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 573 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:21

قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا ۝٢١

Transliteration

qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarran walā rashadan

Translation

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

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Verse 21 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 573 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 21

Al-Mukhtasar

Say to them: I do not have any power to ward off any harm that Allah has decreed for you, nor do I have any power to draw any benefit that Allah has withheld from you.

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Other translations of verse 21

Say, “I have no power to harm or benefit you¹¹.”

Notes

[11] i.e., grant you goodness and guidance.

Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to the Right Path."

Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you.

Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."

Say: I do not control for you evil or good.

Say, "Surely I possess (no power) over you, either for harm or for rectitude."

Verse 21 word by word

قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
إِنِّى innī Indeed, I
لَآ lā (do) not
أَمْلِكُ amliku possess م ل ك
لَكُمْ lakum for you
ضَرًّا ḍarran any harm ض ر ر
وَلَا walā and not
رَشَدًا rashadan right path ر ش د

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