Qur'an 81:29 At-Takwir
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
Saheeh International
What it says
The last verse takes nothing back from the one before it and puts a frame round it. The wanting in verse twenty eight is real and belongs to the person. The capacity to want anything at all sits inside a will that is not his. The surah ends on the title Al-Fatiha opens with.
Word by word
وَمَا wa-mā and not · تَشَآءُونَ tashāʾūna do you will · إِلَّآ illā except · أَن an that · يَشَآءَ yashāʾa wills · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · رَبُّ rabbu Lord of · ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ al-ʿālamīn the worlds
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