لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٠
If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لَوۡIflaw
- نَشَآءُWe willednashāu
- جَعَلۡنَٰهُWe (could) make itjaʿalnāhu
- أُجَاجٗاsaltyujājan
- فَلَوۡلَاthen why are you not gratefulfalawlā
- تَشۡكُرُونَthen why are you not gratefultashkurūna
Tafsir
If I wanted to make that water extremely bitter, such that it would be of no use for drinking nor for irrigation, I would have done so. Will you then not be grateful to Me for sending it down as palatable and a mercy for you?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran