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As-Sajdah (The Prostration)

Verse 13of 30

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَءَاتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنِّى لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شِئْنَاshi'nāWe (had) willed
لَـَٔاتَيْنَاlaātaynāsurely We (would) have given
كُلَّkullaevery
نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
هُدَىٰهَاhudāhāits guidance
وَلَـٰكِنْwalākinbut
حَقَّḥaqqa(is) true
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe Word
مِنِّىminnīfrom Me
لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annathat I will surely fill
جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
مِنَminawith
ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the men
أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnatogether

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Bad State in which the Idolators will be on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us the state of the idolators on the Day of Resurrection and what they will say when they see the Resurrection and are standing before Allah -- may He be glorified -- humiliated and brought low, with their heads bowed, i.e., in shame. They will say:رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا(Our Lord! We have now seen and heard,) meaning, `now we hear what You say and we will obey You.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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