Surah Ya-Sin, ayah 67
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.
Ya-Sin · 36:67
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
- لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْlamasakhnāhumsurely, We (would have) transformed them
- عَلَىٰʿalāin
- مَكَانَتِهِمْmakānatihimtheir places
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey would have been able
- مُضِيًّۭاmuḍiyyanto proceed
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn
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