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Ya-Sin 66

Ayah 66 of 83 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ ٦٦

And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have left man without means of guidance in the life of this world, although in His mercy He did not.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. نَشَآءُWe willednashāu
  3. لَطَمَسۡنَاWe (would have) surely obliteratedlaṭamasnā
  4. عَلَىٰٓ[over]ʿalā
  5. أَعۡيُنِهِمۡtheir eyesaʿyunihim
  6. فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْthen they (would) racefa-is'tabaqū
  7. ٱلصِّرَٰطَ(to find) the pathl-ṣirāṭa
  8. فَأَنَّىٰthen howfa-annā
  9. يُبۡصِرُونَ(could) they seeyub'ṣirūna

Tafsir

If I had willed to take away their sight I would have done so and they will not be able to see, just as I sealed their mouths and they were not able to speak. They would have then rushed towards the path to cross over it into Paradise, but it is unlikely that they will cross over when their sight is gone.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran