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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 33of 89

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًۭا مِّن فِضَّةٍۢ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūna(would) become
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] mankind
أُمَّةًۭummatana community
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
لَّجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāWe (would have) made
لِمَنlimanfor (one) who
يَكْفُرُyakfurudisbelieves
بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniin the Most Gracious
لِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimfor their houses
سُقُفًۭاsuqufanroofs
مِّنminof
فِضَّةٍۢfiḍḍatinsilver
وَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaand stairways
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon which
يَظْهَرُونَyaẓharūnathey mount

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ibrahim's Declaration of Tawhid HereAllah tells us about His servant, Messenger and close Friend, the leader of the monotheists and the father of all subsequent Prophets, from whom Quraysh were descended and claimed to have taken their religion.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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