سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 57
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ ﴿57﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"So if you turn away, still I have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. Surely, my Lord is Guardian over all things."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَإِن
fa-in
So if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
you turn away
فَقَدْ
faqad
then verily
أَبْلَغْتُكُم
ablaghtukum
I have conveyed to you
مَّآ
mā
what
أُرْسِلْتُ
ur'sil'tu
I was sent
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with [it]
إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ
ilaykum
to you
وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ
wayastakhlifu
And my Lord will give succession
رَبِّى
rabbī
And my Lord will give succession
قَوْمًا
qawman
(to) a people
غَيْرَكُمْ
ghayrakum
other than you
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَضُرُّونَهُۥ
taḍurrūnahu
you will harm Him
شَيْـًٔا ۚ
shayan
(in) anything
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
all
شَىْءٍ
shayin
things
حَفِيظٌۭ
ḥafīẓun
a Guardian
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
57. 1. That is, after this my responsibility ends and the proof will be complete upon you.
57. 2. That is, by destroying you, He can make others the owners of your lands and properties, and He is capable of doing so, and you cannot harm Him in any way; rather, He continues to do so according to His will and wisdom.
57. 3. Surely, He will also protect me from your deceptions, plots, and conspiracies, and will save me from satanic tricks; moreover, He will give every good and bad person a good or bad recompense according to their deeds.
57. 2. That is, by destroying you, He can make others the owners of your lands and properties, and He is capable of doing so, and you cannot harm Him in any way; rather, He continues to do so according to His will and wisdom.
57. 3. Surely, He will also protect me from your deceptions, plots, and conspiracies, and will save me from satanic tricks; moreover, He will give every good and bad person a good or bad recompense according to their deeds.
