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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And if Allah had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaAllah (had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (had) willed
لَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakumsurely He (could) have made you
أُمَّةًۭummatana nation
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُضِلُّyuḍilluHe lets go astray
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand guides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّwalatus'alunnaAnd surely you will be questioned
عَمَّاʿammāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one NationAllah says: وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ(And had Allah willed, He would have made you) meaning - O mankind, أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً((all) one nation,) This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا(And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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