The Holy Quran 13:11 — Surah Ar-Ra'd

Arabic text

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

Translation

For everyone there are followers (guardian angels) in front of him and following behind him, protecting him (from harm) by Allaah's order. Undoubtedly Allaah does not change the condition of a nation (the difficulties they face) until they change the condition within themselves (by behaving like proper Mu'mineen. This is the rule). (In a like manner, Allaah will take away His favours from people and place hardships on them only when they start behaving wrongly). When Allaah intends evil (misfortune) to befall a nation, there is none to turn it away it. They (on whom the evil befalls) will have no helper besides Allaah (If the majority are good, the nation as a whole will be good).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Allah's guards: that is, Allah's angels are appointed with every servant. Some of them record all his earlier and later deeds, and others, in accordance with Allah's command, become the means of warding off those calamities from which Almighty Allah wishes to protect the servant.

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