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Az-Zukhruf 33

Ayah 33 of 89 · Meccan

وَلَوۡلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ لَّجَعَلۡنَا لِمَن يَكۡفُرُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمۡ سُقُفٗا مِّن فِضَّةٖ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيۡهَا يَظۡهَرُونَ ٣٣

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers],1 We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Who assumed that Allāh's generosity to them was a sign of His approval or who would hasten to disbelief in order to obtain wealth.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡلَآAnd if notwalawlā
  2. أَنthatan
  3. يَكُونَ(would) becomeyakūna
  4. ٱلنَّاسُ[the] mankindl-nāsu
  5. أُمَّةٗa communityummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةٗonewāḥidatan
  7. لَّجَعَلۡنَاWe (would have) madelajaʿalnā
  8. لِمَنfor (one) wholiman
  9. يَكۡفُرُdisbelievesyakfuru
  10. بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِin the Most Graciousbil-raḥmāni
  11. لِبُيُوتِهِمۡfor their houseslibuyūtihim
  12. سُقُفٗاroofssuqufan
  13. مِّنofmin
  14. فِضَّةٖsilverfiḍḍatin
  15. وَمَعَارِجَand stairwayswamaʿārija
  16. عَلَيۡهَاupon whichʿalayhā
  17. يَظۡهَرُونَthey mountyaẓharūna

Tafsir

Had it not been that humanity was on one creed of disbelief, I would have made in the houses of those who disbelieved in Allah roofs of silver and stairs upon which they could climb.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran