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Ash-Shuraa 8

Ayah 8 of 53 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَلَٰكِن يُدۡخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ٨

And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills1 into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., those who desire His guidance and His acceptance of them.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. شَآءَAllah willedshāa
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah willedl-lahu
  4. لَجَعَلَهُمۡHe could have made themlajaʿalahum
  5. أُمَّةٗa communityummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةٗonewāḥidatan
  7. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  8. يُدۡخِلُHe admitsyud'khilu
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  11. فِيin (to)fī
  12. رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚHis Mercyraḥmatihi
  13. وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَAnd the wrongdoerswal-ẓālimūna
  14. مَاnotmā
  15. لَهُمfor themlahum
  16. مِّنanymin
  17. وَلِيّٖprotectorwaliyyin
  18. وَلَاand notwalā
  19. نَصِيرٍany helpernaṣīrin

Tafsir

If Allah willed to make them one nation on the religion of Islam He would have done so and entered them all into Paradise. But, His wisdom demanded that He enters whoever He wills into Islam and then enters him into Paradise. Those who wrong themselves by disbelief and sins, will have no one to protect them and no helper to rescue them from Allah’s punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran