Surah An-Nahl, ayah 9
وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصْدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَآئِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.
An-Nahl · 16:9
Word by word
- وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd upon
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- قَصْدُqaṣdu(is) the direction
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli(of) the way
- وَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand among them
- جَآئِرٌۭ ۚjāirun(are) crooked
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāaHe willed
- لَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākumsurely He would have guided you
- أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall
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