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Al-Qasas 28:56

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهۡدِي مَنۡ أَحۡبَبۡتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ

You surely cannot guide whoever you like ˹O Prophet˺, but it is Allah Who guides whoever He wills, and He knows best who are ˹fit to be˺ guided.

Word by word

إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed you
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لَا
lā
(can) not
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تَهۡدِي
tahdī
guide
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Root: هدي
مَنۡ
man
whom
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أَحۡبَبۡتَ
aḥbabta
you love
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Root: حبب
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
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ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
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Root: اله
يَهۡدِي
yahdī
guides
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Root: هدي
مَن
man
whom
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يَشَآءُۚ
yashāu
He wills
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Root: شيا
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
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أَعۡلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) most knowing
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Root: علم
بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
bil-muh'tadīna
(of) the guided ones
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Root: هدي

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.