Surah Al-Isra 17:54
ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ
Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], over them as a manager.
Tafsir of Al-Isra 17:54
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Allah says:
ربكم أعلم بكم
Your Lord knows you best; O mankind, meaning, He knows best who among you deserves to be guided and who does not deserve to be guided.
إن يشٲ يرحمكم
if He wills, He will have mercy on you, by helping you to obey Him and turn to Him.
أو إن يشٲ يعذبكم وما أرسلناك
or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you (- O Muhammad -).
عليهم وكيﻼ
as a guardian over them. meaning, `We have sent you as a warner, so whoever obeys you, will enter Paradise and whoever disobeys you, will enter Hell.'