Surah Al-Mu'minun, ayah 71
وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلْ أَتَيْنَـٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ
But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
Al-Mu'minun · 23:71
Word by word
- وَلَوِwalawiBut if
- ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿa(had) followed
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- أَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumtheir desires
- لَفَسَدَتِlafasadatisurely (would) have been corrupted
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
- وَمَنwamanand whoever
- فِيهِنَّ ۚfīhinna(is) therein
- بَلْbalNay
- أَتَيْنَـٰهُمataynāhumWe have brought them
- بِذِكْرِهِمْbidhik'rihimtheir reminder
- فَهُمْfahumbut they
- عَنʿanfrom
- ذِكْرِهِمdhik'rihimtheir reminder
- مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) turning away
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