Surah An-Nahl 16:37 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 37 / 128 · Page 271

ۖ إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَى هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَن يُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
إِن
in
If
تَحْرِصْ
tahris
you desire
عَلَى
ala
[for]
هُدَاهُمْ
hudahum
their guidance
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
لَا
la
(will) not
يَهْدِي
yahdi
guide
مَن
man
whom
يُضِلُّ
yudillu
He lets go astray
وَمَا
wama
and not (are)
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
any
نَّاصِرِينَ
nasirina
helpers

Transliteration

In tahris 'alaa hudaahum fa innal laaha laa yahdee mai yudillu wa maa lahum min naasireen

Translation

[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muhammad], indeed, Allah does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Even though you - O Messenger - try everything you can to call these people being so eager for their guidance, Allah will not guide those whom He misguides and they will have none besides Allah to assist them by protecting them from the punishment.

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

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