Quran 28:56 Word by Word & Translations

28:56 Word by Word (2021)

Indeed, you (can) not guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He (is) most knowing (of) the guided ones.


28:56 Arabic

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

28:56 Transliteration

Innaka la tahdee man ahbabta walakinna Allaha yahdee man yashao wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
You cannot guide whom you love. But it is God who guides whom He wills; and He is fully aware of those who receive the guidance
Abdel Haleem
You [Prophet] cannot guide everyone you love to the truth; it is God who guides whoever He will: He knows best those who will follow guidance
Abdul Hye
Surely! You (O Muhammad) cannot guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. He knows the best of those who are guided.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily thou shalt not guide whomsoever thou lovest, but Allah shall guide whomsoever He will. And He knoweth best who are the guided
Ahmed Ali
You cannot guide any one you like: God guides whosoever He please. He knows best who will come to guidance
Ahmed Hulusi
You cannot lead the one you love to the reality! But Allah can lead whom He wills to the reality! HU knows who are to experience the reality! (For He has created them with a specific capacity and aptitude with His Names.)
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, this is not that you may guide whomsoever you like on your own accord, yes, Allah guides whomsoever He will. And He knows well who are the guided.
Aisha Bewley
You cannot guide those you would like to but Allah guides those He wills. He has best knowledge of the guided.
Ali Ünal
You cannot guide to truth whomever you like but God guides whomever He wills. He knows best who are guided (and amenable to guidance)
Ali Quli Qara'i
You cannot guide whomever you wish, but [it is] Allah [who] guides whomever He wishes, and He knows best those who are guided
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Prophet!) it is not possible for you to guide whomsoever you wish, but Allah guides whomsoever He will. He knows fully well those who would accept guidance
Arthur John Arberry
Thou guidest not whom thou likest, but God guides whom He wills, and knows very well those that are guided
Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, you cannot guide anyone you like, but God guides anyone He wants, and He knows best who the guided ones are.
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, you cannot guide those whom you like to see guided. Only God can guide whoever He pleases. He knows who [has the capacity of absorbing the truth and deserves to be guided and] will accept guidance
Bilal Muhammad 2018
It is true that you will not be able to guide every one you love, but God guides whom He wills and He knows best those who receive guidance
Corpus.Quran
Indeed, you (can) not guide whom you love but Allah guides whom He wills And He (is) most knowing (of) the guided ones
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, you: you do not guide whom you exceedingly desired, but Allah guides whom He thinks proper. And He knows better about those who have received guidance
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, thou hast not guided whom thou hast loved but God guides whomever He wills. And He is greater in knowledge of the ones who are truly guided.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The truth is that whoever you like (to bring on to the path of guidance), you do not yourself bring him on to the path of guidance. Instead, (it so happens that) whomever Allah pleases, He makes him tread the path of guidance (through your mediation). And He knows best those who find the path of guidance
Dr. Munir Munshey
You can not impart guidance to the one you like. Rather, it is Allah Who guides whom He wants. He is better Aware of those who follow guidance
Edward Henry Palmer
Verily, thou canst not guide whom thou dost like, but God guides whom He pleases; for He knows best who are to be guided
Faridul Haque
Indeed it is not such that you can guide whomever you love, but Allah guides whomever He wills; and He well knows the people upon guidance
Fode Drame
Truly you guide not whom you love but Allah guides whom He pleases and it is He who knows best about those who are on the right guidance.
George Sale
Verily thou canst not direct whom thou wilt: But God directeth whom He pleaseth, and He best knoweth those who will submit to be directed
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, you can not guide whom you do like, but Allah guides whom He wills; for He knows best who are to be guided
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
You cannot guide whom you please; it is Allah who guides whom He will. He knows well those who are guided
Hilali - Khan
Verily! You (O Muhammad SAW) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided
Irving/Hegab
You do not guide someone you love, but Allah (God) guides anyone He wishes. He is quite Aware as to who are guided.
John Medows Rodwell
Thou truly canst not guide whom thou desirest; but God guideth whom He will; and He best knoweth those who yield to guidance
Linda "iLham" Barto
Indeed, you cannot guide everyone you love [to the truth]; Allah guides whomever He will. He knows best those who follow guidance.
Maududi
(O Prophet), you cannot grant guidance to whom you please. It is Allah Who guides those whom He will. He knows best who are amenable to guidance
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely thou canst not guide whom thou lovest, but Allah guides whom He pleases; and He knows best those who walk aright
Mir Aneesuddin
You certainly cannot guide (him) whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills and He knows best those who are capable of receiving guidance.
Mohammad Shafi
You (O Muhammad) guide not whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He knows who the rightly guided are.h
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
That you do not guide whom you loved/liked, and but God guides whom He wills/wants, and He is more knowledgeable with (about) the guided
Muhammad Asad
VERILY, thou canst not guide aright everyone whom thou lovest: but it is God who guides him that wills [to be guided]; and He is fully aware of all who would let themselves be guided
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely you do not guide whomever you love, but Allah guides whomever He decides, and He knows best the ones (who are) rightly-guided
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Lo! thou (O Muhammad) guidest not whom thou lovest, but Allah guideth whom He will. And He is Best Aware of those who walk aright
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), you cannot guide whomever you love, but God guides whomever He wants and knows best those who seek guidance
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
You cannot give guidance to whomsoever you wish, but Allah gives guidance to whomsoever He wills, and He best knows the ones who are on the right path
Munir Mezyed
Indeed, (O’ Muhammad), you guide not whom you desire, but Allâh guides whom He wills. He knows perfectly well those who attain spiritual insight.
MunirMezyed2023
Surely you cannot lead whom you desire to attain spiritual expansion, but Allâh leads whom He wills to attain spiritual expansion, and He has full knowledge of those who are walking on the path of truth.
Musharraf Hussain
Messenger, you can’t guide who you love. But Allah guides anyone He chooses. And Allah knows the guided
Mustafa Khattab 2018
You surely cannot guide whoever you like ˹O Prophet˺, but it is Allah Who guides whoever He wills, and He knows best who are ˹fit to be˺ guided.
Mustaqim
For you do not guide whom you love but Allah guides whom He pleases, and He knows best who is guided.
N J Dawood 2014
You cannot guide whomever you please: but it is God who guides whom He will. He best knows those who yield to guidance
Rashad Khalifa
You cannot guide the ones you love. GOD is the only One who guides in accordance with His will, and in accordance with His knowledge of those who deserve the guidance.
Safi Kaskas
"You [Prophet] cannot guide [to the Truth] whom you love, but God guides him who wants to be guided. And He knows best those who are guided".
Samy Mahdy
You are not guiding whomever you love, but Allah guides whom He wills, and He is knower with the guided ones.
Shabbir Ahmed
Verily, you cannot guide aright everyone you love, but it is Allah Who guides him who wishes to be guided. And He is best Aware of those who will be rightly guided. (2:272), (4:88), (10:99-100)
Shakir
Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way
Sher Ali
Surely, thou canst not guide whomsoever thou lovest; but ALLAH guides whomsoever HE pleases; and HE knows best those who would accept guidance
Syed Vickar Ahamed
It is true that you will not be able to guide everyone whom you love; But Allah guides those whom He will. And He knows best those who receive guidance
T.B.Irving
You do not guide someone you love, but God guides anyone He wishes. He is quite Aware as to who are guided.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
You can’t guide whom you love, but God guides whom He wills. He knows best those who are guided.
Talal Itani (2012)
You cannot guide whom you love, but God guides whom He wills, and He knows best those who are guided
The Study Quran
Surely thou dost not guide whomsoever thou lovest, but God guides whomsoever He will. And He knows best those who are rightly guided
The Wise Quran
Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love, but God guides whom He wills; and He knows best of the guided ones.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided
Wahiduddin Khan
You cannot guide whoever you please: it is God who guides whom He will. He best knows those who would accept guidance
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance