Surah Hud, ayah 118
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,
Hud · 11:118
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāayour Lord (had) willed
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord (had) willed
- لَجَعَلَlajaʿalasurely He (could) have made
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
- أُمَّةًۭummatanone community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۖwāḥidatanone community
- وَلَاwalābut not
- يَزَالُونَyazālūnathey will cease
- مُخْتَلِفِينَmukh'talifīnato differ
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