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
Lahū muʿaqqibātum mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī yaḥfaẓūnahū min amrillāh, innallāha lā yughayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā biʾanfusihim, wa idhā arādallāhu biqawmin sūʾan falā maradda lah, wa mā lahum min dūnihī miw wāl.
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.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (3)
- Replacing each other by turn.
- The phrase may also be rendered "...who guard him from [everything except] the decree of Allāh."
- i.e., punishment or destruction because of their sins.