But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message,1 but they, from their message, are turning away.
لَفَسَدَتِsurely (would) have been corruptedlafasadati
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُthe heavensl-samāwātu
وَٱلۡأَرۡضُand the earthwal-arḍu
وَمَنand whoeverwaman
فِيهِنَّۚ(is) thereinfīhinna
بَلۡNaybal
أَتَيۡنَٰهُمWe have brought themataynāhum
بِذِكۡرِهِمۡtheir reminderbidhik'rihim
فَهُمۡbut theyfahum
عَنfromʿan
ذِكۡرِهِمtheir reminderdhik'rihim
مُّعۡرِضُونَ(are) turning awaymuʿ'riḍūna
Tafsir
If Allah was to have let matters run and arrange them in accordance to their desires, the heavens, earth and all their inhabitants would fall into ruin due to their ignorance of the outcome of matters, and their inability to differentiate between good and bad plans.