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An-Nahl 93

Ayah 93 of 128 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣

And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.1 And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 According to His knowledge of each soul's preference.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شَآءَAllah (had) willedshāa
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah (had) willedl-lahu
  4. لَجَعَلَكُمۡsurely He (could) have made youlajaʿalakum
  5. أُمَّةٗa nationummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةٗonewāḥidatan
  7. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  8. يُضِلُّHe lets go astrayyuḍillu
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  11. وَيَهۡدِيand guideswayahdī
  12. مَنwhomman
  13. يَشَآءُۚHe willsyashāu
  14. وَلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّAnd surely you will be questionedwalatus'alunna
  15. عَمَّاabout whatʿammā
  16. كُنتُمۡyou used (to)kuntum
  17. تَعۡمَلُونَdotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

Had Allah willed, He would have made you one nation in agreement on the truth, but He, may He be glorified, misguides whom He wills from the truth and from fulfilling their oaths by His justice, and He guides whom He wills to do so by His grace. You will surely be questioned on the Day of Judgement about what you used to do in the world.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran