Surah Al-Isra 17:75 — translation and meaning

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إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَاكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا

Word by Word

إِذًا
idhan
Then
لَّأَذَقْنَاكَ
la-adhaqnaka
We (would) have made you taste
ضِعْفَ
di'fa
double
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
(in) the life
وَضِعْفَ
wadi'fa
and double
الْمَمَاتِ
al-mamati
(after) the death
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لَا
la
not
تَجِدُ
tajidu
you (would) have found
لَكَ
laka
for you
عَلَيْنَا
alayna
against Us
نَصِيرًا
nasiran
any helper

Transliteration

Izal la azaqnaaka di'falhayaati wa di'fal mamaati summa laa tajidu laka 'alainaa naseeraa

Translation

Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And had you inclined towards them in what they requested you, I would have given you multiplied punishment in this life and the Hereafter, then you would not find any helper to assist you against Me and avert punishment from you.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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