وَأَلَّوِ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقٗا ١٦
And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَأَلَّوِAnd that ifwa-allawi
- ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْthey had remainedis'taqāmū
- عَلَىonʿalā
- ٱلطَّرِيقَةِthe Wayl-ṭarīqati
- لَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰهُمsurely We (would) have given them to drinkla-asqaynāhum
- مَّآءًwatermāan
- غَدَقٗا(in) abundanceghadaqan
Tafsir
Just as I revealed to him that a group of the jinn listened to him, I revealed to him that if human beings and the jinn remained steadfast on the path of Islam, and practiced on what it contained, then Allah would have given them plenty water to drink and provided them with various blessings.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran