The Children of Israel
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[17:54]
Your Sustainer is fully aware of what you are [and what you deserve]: if He so wills, he will bestow [His] grace upon you; and if He so wills, He will chastise you.
Hence, We have not sent thee [unto men, O Prophet,] with the power to determine their fate,

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* v.54 : For my rendering of the term wakīl, in this context, as “one who has the power to determine the fate [of another being],” see note 4 on verse 2 of this sūrah. An alternative, equally acceptable rendering of the above phrase would be, “We have not sent thee charged with responsibility for their conduct.”