(11) For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels][631] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.[632] Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,[633] there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
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[631]- Replacing each other by turn.
[632]- The phrase may also be rendered "...who guard him from [everything except] the decree of Allāh."
[633]- i.e., punishment or destruction because of their sins.