سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ
Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 11
لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
For him (each person), there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the Command of Allâh. Verily! Allâh will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allâh). But when Allâh wills a people’s punishment, there can be no turning back of it, and they will find besides Him no protector.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَهُۥ
lahu
For him
مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌۭ
muʿaqqibātun
(are) successive (Angels)
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَيْنِ
bayni
(before)
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
(him)
وَمِنْ
wamin
and from
خَلْفِهِۦ
khalfihi
and behind him
يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ
yaḥfaẓūnahu
who guard him
مِنْ
min
by
أَمْرِ
amri
(the) command
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُغَيِّرُ
yughayyiru
change
مَا
mā
(the condition)
بِقَوْمٍ
biqawmin
of a people
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يُغَيِّرُوا۟
yughayyirū
they change
مَا
mā
what
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ
bi-anfusihim
(is) in themselves
وَإِذَآ
wa-idhā
And when
أَرَادَ
arāda
wills
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِقَوْمٍۢ
biqawmin
for a people
سُوٓءًۭا
sūan
misfortune
فَلَا
falā
then (there is) no
مَرَدَّ
maradda
turning away
لَهُۥ ۚ
lahu
of it
وَمَا
wamā
and not
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
from
دُونِهِۦ
dūnihi
besides Him
مِن
min
any
وَالٍ
wālin
protector
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.
11. 1 Mu'aqqibat is the plural of Mu'aqqibah, meaning those who come one after another. The intended meaning is the angels who come alternately, one after the other. When the angels of the day leave, the angels of the evening arrive; when the angels of the evening leave, the angels of the day arrive.
11. 2 For the explanation of this, see the footnote of Surah Al-Anfal, verse 53.
11. 2 For the explanation of this, see the footnote of Surah Al-Anfal, verse 53.
