لَهُۥ
مُعَقِّبَٰتٞ
مِّنۢ
بَيۡنِ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَمِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِۦ
يَحۡفَظُونَهُۥ
مِنۡ
أَمۡرِ
ٱللَّهِۗ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يُغَيِّرُ
مَا
بِقَوۡمٍ
حَتَّىٰ
يُغَيِّرُواْ
مَا
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ
وَإِذَآ
أَرَادَ
ٱللَّهُ
بِقَوۡمٖ
سُوٓءٗا
فَلَا
مَرَدَّ
لَهُۥۚ
وَمَا
لَهُم
مِّن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
وَالٍ
١١
Il [l’homme] a par devant lui et derrière lui des Anges qui se relaient et qui veillent sur lui par ordre d’Allah. En vérité, Allah ne modifie point l’état d’un peuple, tant que les [individus qui le composent] ne modifient pas ce qui est en eux-mêmes. Et lorsqu’Allah veut [infliger] un mal à un peuple, nul ne peut le repousser et ils n’ont en dehors de Lui aucun protecteur.
— French Translation(Muhammad Hamidullah)
For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]1 before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.2 Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,3 there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah's Knowledge encompasses all Things Apparent and Hidden
Allah declares that His knowledge is encompassing all of His creation, those who declare their speech or hide it, He hears it and nothing of it ever escapes His observation. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْ
…Allah's Knowledge encompasses all Things Apparent and Hidden
Allah declares that His knowledge is encompassing all of His creation, those who declare t
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