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As-Sajdah 13

Ayah 13 of 30 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَأٓتَيۡنَا كُلَّ نَفۡسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنِّي لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٣

And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word1 from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Deserved by the evildoers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شِئۡنَاWe (had) willedshi'nā
  3. لَأٓتَيۡنَاsurely We (would) have givenlaātaynā
  4. كُلَّeverykulla
  5. نَفۡسٍsoulnafsin
  6. هُدَىٰهَاits guidancehudāhā
  7. وَلَٰكِنۡbutwalākin
  8. حَقَّ(is) trueḥaqqa
  9. ٱلۡقَوۡلُthe Wordl-qawlu
  10. مِنِّيfrom Meminnī
  11. لَأَمۡلَأَنَّthat I will surely fillla-amla-anna
  12. جَهَنَّمَHelljahannama
  13. مِنَwithmina
  14. ٱلۡجِنَّةِthe jinnl-jinati
  15. وَٱلنَّاسِand the menwal-nāsi
  16. أَجۡمَعِينَtogetherajmaʿīna

Tafsir

And if I wished to give every soul guidance and ability, I would have forced them onto this, but through wisdom and justice it was necessary to pass the decree. that I would definitely fill hell on the Day of Judgment with the disbelievers from the Thaqalan: the jinns and the humans, because of their choosing the path of disbelief and error over the path of belief and steadfastness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran