Quran Universe
10:107

وَإِن يَمۡسَسۡكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرّٖ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُۥٓ إِلَّا هُوَۖ وَإِن يُرِدۡكَ بِخَيۡرٖ فَلَا رَآدَّ لِفَضۡلِهِۦۚ يُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wain yamsaska Allahu bidurrin fala kashifa lahu illa huwa wain yuridka bikhayrin fala radda lifadlihi yuseebu bihi man yashao min AAibadihi wahuwa alghafooru alrraheemu

And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him; and if He intends for you good, then there is no repeller of His bounty. He causes it to reach whom He wills of His servants. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful

Word by word
  1. وَإِنAnd if
  2. يَمۡسَسۡكَAllah touches you
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah touches you
  4. بِضُرّٖwith adversity
  5. فَلَا(there is) no
  6. كَاشِفَremover
  7. لَهُۥٓof it
  8. إِلَّاexcept
  9. هُوَۖHim
  10. وَإِنand if
  11. يُرِدۡكَHe intends for you
  12. بِخَيۡرٖany good
  13. فَلَاthen (there is) no
  14. رَآدَّrepeller
  15. لِفَضۡلِهِۦۚ(of) His Bounty
  16. يُصِيبُHe causes it to reach
  17. بِهِۦHe causes it to reach
  18. مَنwhom
  19. يَشَآءُHe wills
  20. مِنۡof
  21. عِبَادِهِۦۚHis slaves
  22. وَهُوَAnd He
  23. ٱلۡغَفُورُ(is) the Oft-Forgiving
  24. ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Merciful
Yunus · 10:107Makkah

No one can lift what He sends, or block His good.

Harm and favor both come from Him

Two doors
if He touches with harmnone removes it but Him
if He wills goodnone can repel it
and He is
Forgiving, Mercifulto all who turn back
Who to fear and hope in
people decide my fateboss, rival, critic
Allah decidesharm and good alike

Ibn Kathir explains that good, evil, benefit and harm come from Allah alone, so only He deserves worship. The verse ends with His names: Forgiving, Merciful. He forgives whoever turns to Him in repentance, whatever the sin.

You hear a rumor that a colleague is trying to block your promotion. You lie awake running scenarios. It feels like they hold your future. If Allah wills good for you, no one can turn it away.

Someone else can block what is meant for me.

No one can hold back the good Allah sends me, or lift a hardship but Him.

Try this

Name the person you fear most right now. Tell Allah about it, then let them go from your mind.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 10:104)

Say:"O people! If you are in doubt about my religion - I will never worship those whom you worship besides Allah, rather, I will worship Allah, the One Who cause you to die. And I was commanded to be one of the believers (104)And (I was commanded), "Direct your face toward the Hanif (monotheism) religion, and not be one of the idolators. (105)"And do not invoke besides Allah what will not benefit you nor harm you. For if you did, you would certainly be one of the wrongdoers. (106)And if Allah touches you with harm, there is none who can lift it but He. And if He intends good for you, then none can repel His favor which He causes to reach whom He wills among His servants. And He is the Pardoning, the Merciful (107)

The Command to worship Allah Alone and rely upon Him

Allah, the Exalted, says to His Messenger, Muhammad , 'Say: O mankind! If you are in doubt about the correctness of that which I have been sent with the Hanif (monotheism) religion - the religion which Allah has revealed to me – then know that I do not worship those whom you worship besides Allah. Rather, I worship Allah alone, ascribing no partners to Him. He is the One Who causes you to die just as He gives you life. Then, unto Him is your final return. If the gods that you call upon are real, I still refuse to worship them. So call upon them and ask them to harm me, and you will see that they can bring no harm or benefit. The only One Who holds the power of harm and benefit in His Hand is Allah alone, Who has no partners.'

وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And I was commanded to be one of the believers.)[10:104] Concerning Allah's statement,

وَأَنْ أَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا

(And that you direct your face towards the Hanif religion) This means to make one's intention in worship solely for Allah alone, being a Hanif. Hanif means one who turns away from associating partners with Allah. For this reason Allah says,

وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(and not be one of the idolators.) This statement is directly connected with the previous statement,

وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And I was commanded to be one of the believers.) Concerning His statement,

وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ

(And if Allah touches you with harm,) This verse contains the explanation that good, evil, benefit and harm only come from Allah alone and no one shares with His power over these things. Therefore, He is the One Who deserves to be worshipped alone, without ascription of partners. Concerning His statement,

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

(And He is the Pardoning, the Merciful.) This means that He is forgiving and merciful towards those who turn to Him in repentance, regardless of what sin the person has committed. Even if the person associated a partner with Allah, verily Allah would forgive him if he repented from it.