The Holy Quran 16:37 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

Translation

(O Muhammad ﷺ) If you desire that they (the Kuffaar) should be guided (to Islaam), then (there is nothing you can do about it if Allaah does not guide them because) Allaah surely does not guide those whom He has sent astray (who have been destined to die as Kuffaar), and they shall have no helpers (to save them from His punishment).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, whomever Allah sends astray because of the deficiency of [his] capacity and his evil choice, no one can guide, and no one can save him from Allah’s punishment. Your eagerness for their guidance, too, cannot bring any benefit. Why, then, do you wear yourself away so much in grief over them?

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