Translation of the meanings Ayah 51 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 51

قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوۡلَىٰنَاۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ

(51) ^[2123]Say ˹Muhammad˺: “Nothing will befall us except what Allah decreed for us^[2124]; He is our Ally!^[2125]” Let the Believers put their trust in Allah.

[2123] True Believers whose Faith is steely know that what is predestined (al-qadar) by God cannot be evaded and that whatever happens to them is God’s Own decree and it can only be for the best of the Believers (cf. al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr); the wisdom of it may not be immediately obvious. Ṣuhayb al-Rūmī (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Wounderous is the affair of the Believer. His affair is all good and that is true only to a Believer. When a happy occurrence comes his way, he shows gratitude and that is better for him. And when a hurtful occurrence befalls him, he shows patience and that is better for him” (Muslim: 2999).
[2124] “No calamity befalls on the Earth or in yourselves except that it is in a Register before We bring it into being—indeed that, for Allah, is easy. *So you need not grieve for what you miss or gloat over what you gain…” (57: 22-23); “No calamity befalls ˹anyone˺ except by Allah’s Will; whoever Believes in Allah, He will guide his heart ˹through adversity˺—Allah is indeed All-Knowing of everything” (64: 11).
[2125] The ones whose Ally (Mawlā) is God, they will not be let down (cf. Ibn Rajab, Majmūʿ al-Rasā’il, 3/146).