Surah Ya-Sin, ayah 66
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ
And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?
Ya-Sin · 36:66
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
- لَطَمَسْنَاlaṭamasnāWe (would have) surely obliterated
- عَلَىٰٓʿalā[over]
- أَعْيُنِهِمْaʿyunihimtheir eyes
- فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟fa-is'tabaqūthen they (would) race
- ٱلصِّرَٰطَl-ṣirāṭa(to find) the path
- فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāthen how
- يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(could) they see
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