Surah 33 Al-Ahzaab — Ayah 17
قُلْ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا
"அல்லாஹ் உங்களுக்குக் கெடுதியை நாடினால், அவனிடமிருந்து உங்களைப் பாதுகாப்பவர் யார்? அல்லது அவன் உங்களுக்கு ரஹ்மத்தை நாடினால் (அதை உங்களுக்குத் தடை செய்பவர் யார்?) அல்லாஹ்வையன்றி (வேறு யாரையும்) பாதுகாவலனாகவும், உதவியாளனாகவும் அவர்கள் காணமாட்டார்கள்" என்று (நபியே!) நீர் கூறுவீராக.
qul man dhā alladhī yaʿṣimukum mina l-lahi in arāda bikum sūan aw arāda bikum raḥmatan walā yajidūna lahum min dūni l-lahi waliyyan walā naṣīran
Word by word
- قُلْ qul Say
- مَن man Who
- ذَا dhā (is) it that
- ٱلَّذِى alladhī (is) it that
- يَعْصِمُكُم yaʿṣimukum (can) protect you
- مِّنَ mina from
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- إِنْ in If
- أَرَادَ arāda He intends
- بِكُمْ bikum for you
- سُوٓءًا sūan any harm
- أَوْ aw or
- أَرَادَ arāda He intends
- بِكُمْ bikum for you
- رَحْمَةًۭ ۚ raḥmatan a mercy
- وَلَا walā And not
- يَجِدُونَ yajidūna they will find
- لَهُم lahum for them
- مِّن min besides
- دُونِ dūni besides
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- وَلِيًّۭا waliyyan any protector
- وَلَا walā and not
- نَصِيرًۭا naṣīran any helper
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
("Truly, our homes lie open." And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.) If the enemy had entered upon them from every side of Al-Madinah and from every direction, then demanded that they become disbelievers, they would have promptly done so. They would not have adhered to their faith or remained steadfast in it if they were faced with the slightest fear. This is how it was interpreted by Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd and Ibn Jarir. This is a condemnation of them in the clearest terms. Then Allah reminds them of the promise they had made to Him before this fear struck them, that they would not turn their backs or flee from the battlefield.
(and a covenant with Allah must be answered for.) means, Allah will inevitably ask them about that covenant. Then Allah tells them that fleeing from battle will not delay their appointed demise or make their lives any longer; on the contrary, it may be the cause of their being taken sooner, and in a sudden manner. Allah says:
(and then you will enjoy no more than a little while!) meaning, `after you run away and flee from battle.'
(Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is better for him who have Taqwa") (4:77). Then Allah says:
(Say: "Who is he who can protect you from Allah if He intends to harm you, or intends mercy on you" And they will not find, besides Allah, for themselves any protector or any helper.) meaning, they have no one else except Allah to respond to their cries.