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Ya-Sin 67

Ayah 67 of 83 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمۡ فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مُضِيّٗا وَلَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٦٧

And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have prevented man from taking any action to benefit himself in this world or the Hereafter, yet He did not.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. نَشَآءُWe willednashāu
  3. لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡsurely, We (would have) transformed themlamasakhnāhum
  4. عَلَىٰinʿalā
  5. مَكَانَتِهِمۡtheir placesmakānatihim
  6. فَمَاthen notfamā
  7. ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْthey would have been ableis'taṭāʿū
  8. مُضِيّٗاto proceedmuḍiyyan
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يَرۡجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna

Tafsir

If I had willed to alter their form and make them sit on their feet I would have altered their form and made them sit on their feet, and they will not be able to move from their place nor will they be able to move forward nor backward.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran