Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 33
وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ
And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:33
Word by word
- وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
- أَنanthat
- يَكُونَyakūna(would) become
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] mankind
- أُمَّةًۭummatana community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
- لَّجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāWe (would have) made
- لِمَنlimanfor (one) who
- يَكْفُرُyakfurudisbelieves
- بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniin the Most Gracious
- لِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimfor their houses
- سُقُفًۭاsuqufanroofs
- مِّنminof
- فِضَّةٍۢfiḍḍatinsilver
- وَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaand stairways
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon which
- يَظْهَرُونَyaẓharūnathey mount
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