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Hud 118

Ayah 118 of 123 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخۡتَلِفِينَ ١١٨

And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شَآءَyour Lord (had) willedshāa
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lord (had) willedrabbuka
  4. لَجَعَلَsurely He (could) have madelajaʿala
  5. ٱلنَّاسَthe mankindl-nāsa
  6. أُمَّةٗone communityummatan
  7. وَٰحِدَةٗۖone communitywāḥidatan
  8. وَلَاbut notwalā
  9. يَزَالُونَthey will ceaseyazālūna
  10. مُخۡتَلِفِينَto differmukh'talifīna

Tafsir

If your Lord, O Messenger, willed to make people one nation on the truth, He would have done so; but He did not will that, so they continue to differ with respect to it because of their following their desires and doing wrong.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran