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Al-A'raf 7:188

قُل لَّآ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِي نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡ كُنتُ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ وَبَشِيرٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Say, “I have no power to benefit or protect myself, except by the Will of Allah. If I had known the unknown, I would have benefited myself enormously, and no harm would have ever touched me. I am only a warner and deliverer of good news for those who believe.”

Word by word

قُل
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَّآ
lā
Not
Vocabulary
أَمۡلِكُ
amliku
I have power
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
لِنَفۡسِي
linafsī
for myself
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
نَفۡعٗا
nafʿan
(to) benefit
Vocabulary
Root: نفع
وَلَا
walā
and no
Vocabulary
ضَرًّا
ḍarran
(power to) harm
Vocabulary
Root: ضرر
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
شَآءَ
shāa
wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
ٱللَّهُۚ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
كُنتُ
kuntu
I would
Vocabulary
Root: كون
أَعۡلَمُ
aʿlamu
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم
ٱلۡغَيۡبَ
l-ghayba
(of) the unseen
Vocabulary
Root: غيب
لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ
la-is'takthartu
surely I could have multiplied
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
مِنَ
mina
of
Vocabulary
ٱلۡخَيۡرِ
l-khayri
the good
Vocabulary
Root: خير
وَمَا
wamā
and not
Vocabulary
مَسَّنِيَ
massaniya
(could) have touched me
Vocabulary
Root: مسس
ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ
l-sūu
the evil
Vocabulary
Root: سوا
إِنۡ
in
Not
Vocabulary
أَنَا۠
anā
(am) I
Vocabulary
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
نَذِيرٞ
nadhīrun
a warner
Vocabulary
Root: نذر
وَبَشِيرٞ
wabashīrun
and a bearer of good tidings
Vocabulary
Root: بشر
لِّقَوۡمٖ
liqawmin
to a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
who believe
Vocabulary
Root: امن

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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.