Surah Yunus 10:108 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ ۖ قُلْ يَاأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنِ اهْتَدَى فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُم بِوَكِيلٍ

Word by Word

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ۖ
ۖ
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَاأَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O mankind
النَّاسُ
al-nasu
O mankind
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَاءَكُمُ
jaakumu
has come to you
الْحَقُّ
al-haqu
the truth
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَمَنِ
famani
So whoever
اهْتَدَى
ih'tada
(is) guided
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innama
then only
يَهْتَدِي
yahtadi
(he is) guided
لِنَفْسِهِ
linafsihi
for his soul
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
ضَلَّ
dalla
goes astray
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innama
then only
يَضِلُّ
yadillu
he strays
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
against it
وَمَا
wama
And I am not
أَنَا
ana
And I am not
عَلَيْكُم
alaykum
over you
بِوَكِيلٍ
biwakilin
a guardian

Transliteration

Qul yaaa aiyuhan naasu qad jaaa'akumul haqqu mir Rabbikum famanih tadaa fa innamaa yahtadee linafsihee wa man dalla fa innamaa yadillu 'alaihaa wa maaa ana 'alaikum biwakeel

Translation

Say, "O mankind, the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in violation] against it. And I am not over you a manager."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say, O Messenger: O people, the Qur’ān has come to you as a revelation from your Lord. Whoever follows the right path and has faith in it, the benefit of that will return to him, because Allah is in no need of the obedience of His servants. Yet whoever strays, the effect of his straying will only harm him, because Allah is not affected by the disobedience of His servants. I am not a guardian over you, to watch over your actions and to take you to account for them.

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

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