Surah Hud 11:33 — translation and meaning

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قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ إِن شَاءَ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
يَأْتِيكُم
yatikum
will bring it (on) you
بِهِ
bihi
will bring it (on) you
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
إِن
in
if
شَاءَ
shaa
He wills
وَمَا
wama
and not
أَنتُم
antum
you (are)
بِمُعْجِزِينَ
bimu'jizina
one who (can) escape (it)

Transliteration

Qaala innamaa yaateekum bihil laahu in shaaa'a wa maaa antum bimu'jizeen

Translation

He said, "Allah will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Noah said to them that he could not bring the punishment upon them, and that only Allah would bring it to them, if He willed; and that they would not be able to escape from the punishment of Allah if He willed for them to be given a punishment.

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

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