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Yunus 99

Ayah 99 of 109 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَأٓمَنَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كُلُّهُمۡ جَمِيعًاۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكۡرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٩٩

And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, [O Muḥammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  4. لَأٓمَنَsurely, (would) have believedlaāmana
  5. مَنwhoman
  6. فِي(are) infī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. كُلُّهُمۡall of themkulluhum
  9. جَمِيعًاۚtogetherjamīʿan
  10. أَفَأَنتَThen, will youafa-anta
  11. تُكۡرِهُcompeltuk'rihu
  12. ٱلنَّاسَthe mankindl-nāsa
  13. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  14. يَكُونُواْthey becomeyakūnū
  15. مُؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

If your Lord, O Messenger, had willed for everyone on earth to believe, they would have done so. However, He did not will it to be so for a wise reason. He misguides whomever He wills through His justice; and He guides whomever He wills through His grace. You do not have the ability to force people to become believers: their guidance to faith lies only in Allah’s Hands.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran