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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 37

إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muhammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:37:1)
(16:37:2)
taḥriṣ
you desire
(16:37:3)
(16:37:4)
hudāhum
their guidance
(16:37:5)
(16:37:6)
l-laha
Allah
(16:37:7)
(16:37:8)
yahdī
guide
(16:37:9)
(16:37:10)
yuḍillu
He lets astray
(16:37:11)
(16:37:12)
(16:37:13)
(16:37:14)
nāṣirīna
helpers

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Explanatory Note

This explains the comment given in the form of an address to the Prophet outlining the law determining what people may follow of guidance or error:

“However eager you may be to show them the right way, [know that] God does not bestow His guidance upon any whom He judges to have gone astray. They shall have none to support them.” (Verse 37)

People’s acceptance of divine guidance is not the result of the Prophet’s deliberations and efforts. This is not his task. His mission is only to deliver the message God gave him. Guidance and error are subject to God’s law which never fails, bringing the same results every time. Whoever deserves to remain in error according to God’s law shall not receive His guidance. That is because of the operation of the laws God has set in nature. This is His will which is always done. Hence, “they shall have none to support them.” Besides, who can support them against God?

 

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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