Surah Ash-Shuraa, ayah 8
وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.
Ash-Shuraa · 42:8
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāaAllah willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
- لَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahumHe could have made them
- أُمَّةًۭummatana community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- يُدْخِلُyud'khiluHe admits
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- فِىfīin (to)
- رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihiHis Mercy
- وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūnaAnd the wrongdoers
- مَاmānot
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنminany
- وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَصِيرٍnaṣīrinany helper
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