The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

Al A‘rāf (The Heights)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:188
7:188

qul ʾamliku li-nafsī nafʿan wa-lā ḍarran ʾillā shāʾa llāhu wa-law kuntu ʾaʿlamu l-ghayba la-stakthartu mina l-khayri wa-mā massaniya s-sūʾu ʾin ʾana ʾillā nadhīrun wa-bashīrun li-qawmin yuʾminūna

Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself, nor [over] any harm except what Allah may wish. Had I known the Unseen, I would have acquired much good, and no ill would have befallen me. I am only a warner and bearer of good news to a people who have faith.’

Ali Quli Qarai