Surah At-Takwir 81:29 — translation and meaning

التكوير · Verse 29 / 29 · Page 586

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Word by Word

وَمَا
wama
And not
تَشَاءُونَ
tashauna
you will
إِلَّا
illa
except
أَن
an
that
يَشَاءَ
yashaa
wills
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
رَبُّ
rabbu
Lord
الْعَالَمِينَ
al-'alamina
(of) the worlds

Transliteration

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

Translation

And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

You can only will to remain steadfast or do anything else if Allah, the Lord of all created things, wills that.

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

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