يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ
Sentence structure
يَوْمَ is an accusative time noun governed by an omitted verb and annexed to the following clause; the omitted governor is left unspecified. In that clause, نَفْسٌ is the subject of تَمْلِكُ and شَيْـًٔا its object. Then ٱلْأَمْرُ is the topic, لِلَّهِ its predicate, and يَوْمَئِذٍ locates this nominal clause in time.
Ayah summary
On that day, no soul will help another without Allah’s permission, and all command will belong to Allah alone.
يَوْمَ — (The) Day
Grammar: An accusative time noun governed by an omitted verb and annexed to the following clause; the omitted governor is left unspecified.
لَا — not
Grammar: A non-governing negative particle.
تَمْلِكُ — will have power
Grammar: A third-person feminine singular imperfect verb; its explicit subject is نَفْسٌ.
نَفْسٌۭ — a soul
Grammar: nominative noun functioning as the subject.
لِّنَفْسٍۢ — for a soul
Grammar: لِ is a preposition and نَفْسٍ its genitive noun; the phrase is linked to تَمْلِكُ.
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ — anything
Grammar: accusative noun functioning as the object.
وَٱلْأَمْرُ — and the Command
Grammar: وَ resumes the discourse; ٱلْأَمْرُ is a nominative topic.
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ — that Day
Grammar: An accusative time adverb locating the clause ٱلْأَمْرُ ... لِلَّهِ in that time.
لِّلَّهِ — (will belong) to Allah
Grammar: A prepositional phrase functioning as the predicate of ٱلْأَمْرُ.