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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 8of 53

وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَلَٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّۢ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And if Allah willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaAllah willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
لَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahumHe could have made them
أُمَّةًۭummatana community
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُدْخِلُyud'khiluHe admits
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
فِىin (to)
رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihiHis Mercy
وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūnaAnd the wrongdoers
مَاnot
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرٍnaṣīrinany helper

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Qur'an was revealed to serve as a WarningAllah says, `just as We sent revelation to the Prophets before you,'أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً(thus We have revealed to you a Qur'an in Arabic) meaning, plain, clear, and manifestلِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَى(that you may warn the Mother of the Towns), i.e., Makkah,وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا(and all around it,) means, all the lands, east and west.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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