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Al-Furqan 51

Ayah 51 of 77 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةٖ نَّذِيرٗا ٥١

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 However, Allāh willed that Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) be sent as the final messenger for all peoples of the earth until the Day of Resurrection.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شِئۡنَاWe willedshi'nā
  3. لَبَعَثۡنَاsurely, We (would) have raisedlabaʿathnā
  4. فِيinfī
  5. كُلِّeverykulli
  6. قَرۡيَةٖtownqaryatin
  7. نَّذِيرٗاa warnernadhīran

Tafsir

If it had been My will, I would have sent a Messenger to every town, to warn them of Allah’s punishment. But I did not will that. I only sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a Messenger to all people.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran