Quran-42:31 Surah Ash-shura English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ

Transliteration:( Wa maaa antum bimu'jizeena fil ardi wa maa lakum min doonil laahi minw wa liyyinw wa laa naseer )

31.And you cannot frustrate His control on the earth [93]. You have neither any friend nor any helper [94],Except Allah. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(31) And you will not cause failure [to Allāh][1423] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Ash-Shura Ayat 31 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

93. These hardships, which have been redestined for you, will come to you. If you want to safeguard yourself then become pious.

94. Which could give you salvation from hardships without the will of Allah Almighty. Thus, the duas of the pious, etc are not included in this. Calamities are removed through their duas (prayers)

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Shura verse 31 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Shura ayat 29 which provides the complete commentary from verse 29 through 31.

(42:31) You cannot frustrate Him in the earth; you have no protector nor helper against Allah.

Ala-Maududi

(42:31) You cannot frustrate Him in the earth; you have no protector nor helper against Allah.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(31) And you will not cause failure [to Allāh][1423] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

[1423]- i.e., escape from Him.

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